Jonathan Markevich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I got one of the above printers and reinstalled apsfilter with the
Ghostscript escp2 driver but can't print... I get an error in filter "f" or
something like that...
: Let me cut to the chase... I need a printcap! Has anyone else here got one
of these working? I read on Slashdot one fella got it working fine but was
"Anonymous Coward" so I can't ask him...
: Sub-question: what's the right way to add & reconfigure printers without
purging & reinstalling apsfilter?
: Thanks all...
I am still using Debian 2.0 and ghostscript 5.1 with magicfilter 1.2.
And I am using the Stylus Color 900. I can only get it to work at
360 dpi, but perhaps this info will help.
#
# Copyright (c) 1983 Regents of the University of California.
# All rights reserved.
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# to the University of California at Berkeley. The name of the University
# may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this
# software without specific prior written permission. This software
# is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
#
# @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# > This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. <
#
lp|lp1|st900|ST900|EPSON Stylus COLOR 900:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/st900:\
:rw:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_900_360dpi-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
HiRes|High Resolution Stylus COLOR 900:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/st900:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/stylus_color_900_720dpi-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
#! /usr/sbin/magicfilter
#
# Magic filter setup file for EPSON ESC/P2 (i.e. Stylus Color) series color
# printers in 360 dpi
#
# Based on epsonlqc. Modified and partially tested together with the original
# Stylus Color, Ghostscript versions 3.33 and 4.03 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]
# but please no Mail >64 kB to this address.
#
# No warranty for anything whatsoever!
#
# This file is in the public domain.
#
# This file has been automatically adapted to your system.
#
# wild guess: native control codes start with <ESC>
0 \033 cat
# You really should change Ghostscripts options if you have a version >=3.51
# since the options changed. See devices.doc (or *.txt) for what they do.
# These esoteric options are needed and aren't documented in Ghostscripts
# Manual page since they are specific to the device driver 'stcolor':
#
# -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- stcolor.ps -
#
# The options currently used should work with Ghostscript up to version 3.33.
#
# PostScript
0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - stcolor.ps - 3>&1 1>&2
0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - stcolor.ps - 3>&1 1>&2
# PDF
0 %PDF fpipe /usr/bin/gs -sDEVICE=stcolor -r360 -q -dSAFER
-dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - stcolor.ps - $FILE 3>&1 1>&2
# TeX DVI
0 \367\002 fpipe /usr/bin/dvips -D 360 -R -q -f
# compress'd data
0 \037\235 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
# packed, gzipped, frozen and SCO LZH data
0 \037\036 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
0 \037\213 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
0 \037\236 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
0 \037\240 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
# troff documents
0 .\?\?\040 fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
0 .\\\" fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
0 '\\\" fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
0 '.\\\" fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
0 \\\" fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
# ditroff
0 "x T ps" pipe /usr/bin/grops
0 "x T dvi" pipe /usr/bin/grodvi
0 "x T ascii" pipe /usr/bin/grotty
0 "x T latin1" pipe /usr/bin/grotty
0 "x T lj4" reject Cannot print LaserJet 4 ditroff files.
# Portable bit-, grey- and pixmaps
0 P1\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 360
2>/dev/null
0 P2\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 360
2>/dev/null
0 P3\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 360
2>/dev/null
0 P4\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 360
2>/dev/null
0 P5\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 360
2>/dev/null
0 P6\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 360
2>/dev/null
# HP Printer Control Language (PCL) -- assume start with reset code
0 \033E\033 reject Cannot print PCL files on this printer.
# HP Printer Job Language (PJL)
0 \033%-12345X reject Cannot print PJL files on this printer.
0 "@PJL " reject Cannot print PJL files on this printer.
0 @PJL\t reject Cannot print PJL files on this printer.
0 @PJL\r reject Cannot print PJL files on this printer.
0 @PJL\n reject Cannot print PJL files on this printer.
# GIF files
0 GIF87a pipe /usr/bin/giftopnm 2>/dev/null
0 GIF89a pipe /usr/bin/giftopnm 2>/dev/null
# JFIF (JPEG) files
0 \377\330\377\340\?\?JFIF\0 pipe /usr/bin/djpeg -pnm
# TIFF files (the last two bytes of the "magic" is really a version number;
# but the magic is really lame and as far as I have understood the version
# number has never changed and never will, so we include it.)
0 MM\0\x2a fpipe /usr/bin/tiff2ps $FILE
0 II\x2a\0 fpipe /usr/bin/tiff2ps $FILE
# BMP files (even lousier magic -- Microsoft strikes again!)
0 BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x0c pipe \
/usr/bin/bmptoppm 2>/dev/null
0 BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x40 pipe \
/usr/bin/bmptoppm 2>/dev/null
0 BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x28 pipe \
/usr/bin/bmptoppm 2>/dev/null
# Garbage delivered from Windows via Samba
# (donated by Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
# 300 \033\052\157 cat
# later changed to
# (Bug report #22866: magicfilter: Incorrect magic for Win95/Samba print jobs)
0 \000\000\000\000\000 cat
# Changed 1999/07/22 by W. P. Mills
0 \000\000\000 cat
# Sun rasterfiles
0 \x59\xa6\x6a\x95 pipe /usr/bin/rasttopnm 2>/dev/null
# SGI Imagelib (IRIS RGB) files
0 \x1\xda pipe /usr/bin/sgitopnm 2>/dev/null
0 \xda\x1 pipe /usr/bin/sgitopnm 2>/dev/null
# FIG files; reported by Steven P. Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
0 #FIG pipe /usr/bin/X11/fig2dev -Lps -P -l dummy
#
# Standard rejects... things we don't want to print
#
# Various archive formats
257 ustar\0 reject Attempted to print a tar file.
257 "ustar \0" reject Attempted to print a tar file.
0 07070 reject Attempted to print a cpio file.
0 PK\3\4 reject Attempted to print a zip file.
20 \xdc\xa7\xc7\xfd reject Attempted to print a zoo file.
# Binaries (Linux): reject with email message
0 \013\1d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \100\1d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \007\1d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \314\0d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \177ELF reject Attempted to print an ELF object.
0 \007\001\0 reject Attempted to print an object file.
216 \021\001\0\0 reject Attempted to print a core dump file.
0 !<arch> reject Attempted to print an archive.
0 =<ar> reject Attempted to print an archive.
# Don't confuse this one with troff!
0 .snd reject Attempted to print Sun/NeXT audio data.
# optimistic troff magic
0 . fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
# wacko troff magic
0 ''' fpipe `/usr/bin/grog -Tps $FILE`
# Default entry -- for normal (text) files. MUST BE LAST.
default filter /usr/bin/recode latin1:cp437 ; echo -ne \\f
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