Re: printcap, filtering, etc
Cheers
Got it going, and you answered one of the qu's in my next post.
Thanks a lot
Rich
Conrado Badenas wrote:
>
> Richard Harran wrote:
> > am having a bit of trouble setting up printcap properly. Could someone
> > who uses the cdj500 gs filters please tell me what to put in
> > /etc/printcap, and associated filter. I have been able to get some
>
> The easiest way is to install magicfilter package, and then run as root
> /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. It will create a /etc/printcap for your
> printer provided there is a filter for your printer. In case there
> isn't, then you'll have to create another one. The easiest way is to
> modify for your printer an existing filter for a printer similar to
> yours.
>
> For example: I have a HP Deskjet 670c (two ink cartridges: black and
> color, 600 dpi resolution), but magicfilter package doesn't have a
> filter for my printer, and the closest printer with a filter file is HP
> Deskjet 550c (two ink cartridges: black and color, 300 dpi resolution).
>
> Thus ...
> # cd /etc/magicfilter
> # less dj550c-filter
> # man gs (to understand the options, specially the -r)
> # man dvips (idem, but now look at the -D option)
> # cp dj550c-filter dj670c-filter
> # joe dj670c-filter
> change the -r300 for -r600 in all the gs lines, and the -D 300 for -D
> 600 in the dvips line; save the modified file
> # magicfilterconfig --force
> answer that I have a HP Deskjet 670c (hpdj670c) in /dev/lp0, that my
> filter is dj670c (it appears in the list of filters and five minutes ago
> it didn't exist), and the my /etc/printcap looks like this:
>
> # > This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. <
> #
> lp|dj|hpdj670c|HP Deskjet 670c:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hpdj670c:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :if=/etc/magicfilter/dj670c-filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
>
> Note: I say my printer is in /dev/lp0 because I have kernel 2.2.1. For
> older versions of kernel the device was /dev/lp1
>
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