Re: How hpdj setup for HP DeskJet 660C
*- On 19 Dec, Bart Szyszka wrote about "How hpdj setup for HP DeskJet 660C"
> Hi,
>
> According to a database of printers that I found, my older HP DeskJet
> 660C printer (knew it would come in handy some day!) is supported
> by hpdj perfectly. What I'm wondering about is how anyone who got
> that printer working perfectly got it setup. I tried apsfilter
> (apsfilterconfig), but it didn't have anything specific to a 660C. I've also
> tried magicfilterconfig (or something like that), but all it had was a driver
> for a laserjet. Can I update/add hpdj in any of these two programs as is?
> I.e. after I apt-get apsfilter, can I update it's hpdj? I'm on Debian potato.
>
> BTW, here are the hpdj options that I have available:
> HP DeskJet 500, 500C, 510, 520, 540, 550C, 560C, 850C, 855C
>
> Could it be that rather than needing a 660C in there, I just have to select
> one of those? If so, which ones did you guys get the printer working
> *perfectly* with? The most important part for me is to get it working in
> Netscape (which doesn't let me choose the number of pages to print?!?).
>
I use magicfilter and the gs-alladin(which includes the hpdj patch, see
'man gs-hpdj') for my HP 660C. The hpdj patch does not include 660C
support directly as you mentioned but using the 560C or the 'unspec'
model works for all my needs. I have put some of my files print setup
files up at http://widget.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis/hpdj-printing/.
In order to select the pages to print you will have to use the psselect,
in the psutils package, in a pipe with the print command dialog box in
netscapes print dialog.
Something like:
Print Command: psselect -q -p1-4 | lpr -Plp
I usually use psnup to print 2-up or 4-up from netscape as in:
Print Command: psnup -q -pletter -n4 | lpr -Plp
HTH,
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Brian Servis
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