Screw off. Top posting is actually a default in the mail software community. And I will always do it.
More annoying: Extra spaces and not removing the cruff from the bottom of emails. And condescending asshats. On Aug 3, 2011, at 1:08 PM, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > Pierre, please do not 'top post' replies -- it makes the 'logic' of the > message hard to follow, to wit: > > A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. > > > > Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? > > > > A: Top-posting. > > > > Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? > > > > > See also _RFC 1855_ for the closest thing to an 'official' stance on the > matter. > > >> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2011 13:10:03 -0400 >> From: Pierre-Luc Drouin <[email protected]> >> To: Chris Whitehouse <[email protected]> >> Cc: User Questions <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: printing to Kyocera FS-1030D >> >> Hi, >> >> I would install CUPS and use the PPD file recommended on openprinting.org >> (http://www.openprinting.org/printer/Kyocera/Kyocera-FS-1030D). > > This is -guaranteed- to be *ineffective*. > > Apparently you missed the mention in the OP's original message that the > printer is running in 'PCL' emulation mode, and that he _cannot_ change > that. > >> Cheers, Pierre-Luc >> >> On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Chris Whitehouse <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> before I use up too many trees experimenting, could some kind soul tell >>> me how I can get OpenOffice to print to this printer. This is the first >>> time I have tried to get anything printed from FreeBSD. >>> >>> I'm following the handbook. I think the basic setup is ok, I can get >>> text printed using eg >>> # lptest 20 5 | lpr -Plp >>> >>> If I try to print the postscript program given in the handbook >>> %!PS >>> 100 100 moveto 300 300 lineto stroke >>> 310 310 moveto /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont >>> (Is this thing working?) show >>> showpage >>> >>> # cat <ps-file> |lpr -Plp >>> >>> I get the whole text of the file not just "Is this thing working?". >>> >>> The printer has various emulations, it is set to PCL 6 and I can't >>> change it >>> (not my printer) >>> >>> Printing from OpenOffice just produces screeds of garbage, starting >>> with %!PS so I presume the text of the postscript that OO has produced. >>> >>> The bit I'm stuck on is in section 9.4.1.3 Simulating PostScript on Non >>> PostScript Printers (which I presume is what I need), specifically >>> setting the device. gs -h doesn't show this printer or any Kyocera >>> printer. So either what should I set Device to, or how do I get >>> ghostscript to know about this printer? >>> >>> I'm using 8.1-RELEASE, openoffice.org-3.2.1, ghostscript8-8.71_6 >>> >>> thanks >>> >>> Chris _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
