Re: HP Laserjets and Stair-stepping prob

[Andreas Klemm <akl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:42:57PM -0500, Chris Fuhrman wrote:
> 
> Whoops.  Looks like a simple case of RTFM.  I'm using the stock BSD lpd 
> which does not use an input-filter if printing to a remote printer.  

Which OS ? On FreeBSD it does since some releases.
Is there still some old info in the apsfilter docu ?

BTW, which apsfilter / BSD release ?

A workaround would be to use lprNG for other Unix systems ...

> Filtering is up to the remote printer to sort out.  If you're talking to 
> an HP printer with a JetDirect card, then set the printer's name as 
> "text".

text for what purpose ? to print ascii ???
Are there other "magic" names one should know ???
For what purpose are they ...
I could need some infos for the FAQ.

> Here's an example:
> 
> ps45:colorlj:\
>         :lp=:\
>         :rm=ps45:\
>         :rp=text:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ps45:\
>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> 
> No need to use apsfilter unless it's a local printer.

Why not ? Apsfilter has lots of useful features, even if you
have a PS printer ... it does conversion from many file formats,
that can't do a single HP Laserjet with or without PS capabilities...

> > Attempting to set up 3 printers on an OpenBSD 3.2 system using APSfilter 
> > 7.2.4 (stable version).  Here's a list:

Use 7.2.5 because of some bugfixes. Thanks.


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