On 05/08/2011 01:58, Warren Block wrote:
On Thu, 4 Aug 2011, Roland Smith wrote:
There are several possible drivers you could use; pcl3 pxlmono pxlcolor.
The gutenprint (a.k.a. gimp-print) driver also supports your printer
directly.
ljet4 is the PCL5 driver, and anything with PCL6 is supposed to also
support PCL5. I'd suggest trying both ljet4 and pxlmono or pxlcolor and
going with whichever is faster.
However, I'd recommend that you take the time and install and configure
CUPS.
If CUPS is desired, sure. For just plain printing, lpr/lpd is often
easier to set up.
http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html
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Thanks everyone for your suggestions and sorry not to reply before, I
have limited access to this printer. Replying here to everyone who
responded with ideas...
I tried pxlmono, ljet4 and pcl3 with this /etc/printcap
lp|local line printer|Kyocera:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simpleps:
this filter
#!/bin/sh
#printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2
/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=pxlmono\
-sOutputFile=- - && exit 0
exit 2
and this command
# lpr postscripttest.txt
postscripttest.txt contains
%!PS
%100 100 moveto 300 300 lineto stroke
%310 310 moveto /Helvetica findfont 12 scalefont setfont
%( Is this thing working? ) show
%showpage
With all three drivers I got nothing out of the printer and nothing in
lpd-errs.
I installed some Kyocera software on a Windows computer and tried to
change the emulation with it. I succeeded in setting it to have no
default emulation but not to be set it to KPDL (the Kyocera version of
PostScript).
I rang Kyocera UK help line and they were very approachable (refreshing
these days). They suggested I email and ask how to set the default
emulation which I have done.
It seems the printer normally receives some code as part of the print
job which sets it to PS or whatever just for this job. If I could find
out this code maybe I could write it into a filter.
The printer is normally plugged into a Mac and I've found a utility
which is supposed to change the default emulation. I hope to ask the
printer owner to try it.
I'm going to leave this now (I'm away for a few days) till I hear back
from Kyocera and/or manage to get the default emulation set to KPDL.
I did also try ijs and hpijs and that might still be worth pursuing but
I will reply separately to Polytropons post.
Chris
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