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 > > -- > Conrado Badenas (Assistant Lecturer) > Department of Thermodynamics. University of Valencia > c/. Doctor Moliner, 50 | e-m: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 46100 Burjassot (Valencia) | Phn: +34-63864350 > SPAIN | Fax: +34-63983385 > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
