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From: John Lucas <jlucas@jnet.vi>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.protocols.smb,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.admin
Subject: Re: Printcap filter for HP 400 printer on FreeBSD
Date: Tue, 07 Jan 1997 10:19:04 -0400
Organization: University of the Virgin Islands
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Alan W. Trulock wrote:
>
> Have you tried to use apsfilter to set up your filter?
>
Be careful, apsfilter is an *input* filter (only works with jobs local to the
print host).
> --Al
>
> greg@lightningweb.com wrote:
> >
> > I'm trying to use my HP DeskJet 400 printer on my FreeBSD 2.1.6 machine.
> > Does anyone have a printcap filter or file I can use to make it work?
>
What is it you wish to be able to do? If all you need is to print jobs that
are properly formatted for the HP DJ400 (not plain ascii or postscript), then
you shouldn't need a "filter", just a simple printcap entry, i.e.:
hpdj400|DeskJet:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/hpdj400:mx#0
You should need a filter only if you need to convert output formats (plain
ASCII or PostScript for example).
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