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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Printing graphics on old Epson FX-80?
Date: 30 May 1997 17:03:22 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <u8qmm5.v74.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com>,
conrads@neosoft.com (Conrad Sabatier) writes:
>
> OK, I *should* probably buy a new printer. :-) But just wondering if
> it's possible to get this old non-Postscript Epson dot-matrix printer to
> do graphics.
>
> I've got it setup for text, no problem. But all of the filters I've
> explored seem to require a Postscript-compatible printer. True?
Not really. Just about everything interesting will create a
postscript file. You then need ghostscript (a.k.a. gs) to
"image" that postscript file into a big lump of binary that
your printer understands. You can set up a print filter that
does the "gs" for you, or even use something like apsfilter
(a smart script) to do a "file" on your input and figure
out what filter program to use.
Ghostscript 4.02 knows about a load of binary formats:
Available devices:
x11 x11alpha x11cmyk x11mono sxlcrt ap3250 appledmp bj10e bj200 bjc600
bjc800 ccr cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono cdj550 cp50 declj250 deskjet djet500
djet500c dnj650c epson eps9mid eps9high epsonc ibmpro imagen iwhi iwlo
iwlq jetp3852 laserjet la50 la70 la75 la75plus lbp8 lips3 ln03 lj250
ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 lj4dith ljetplus lp2563 m8510 necp6 oce9050
oki182 okiibm paintjet pj pjetxl pjxl pjxl300 r4081 sj48 st800 stcolor
t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 xes dfaxhigh dfaxlow faxg3 faxg32d faxg4
tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 bit bitrgb bitcmyk bmpmono bmp16 bmp256
bmp16m cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 cif miff24 mgrmono mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8
mgr4 mgr8 pdfwrite pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pbm pbmraw pgm
pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pngmono pnggray png16 png256
png16m psmono sgirgb tiff12nc tiff24nc tifflzw tiffpack nullpage
The epson device may suit your printer - probably. Dunno for sure.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
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