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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.erols.net!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!hermes.sovam.com!sovam!demos!news.uni-stuttgart.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!not-for-mail From: Philipp Mergenthaler <un1i@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Printing graphics on old Epson FX-80? Date: 30 May 1997 18:16:06 GMT Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany Lines: 32 Sender: Philipp Mergenthaler <un1i@ab161.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> Message-ID: <5mn5h6$jol$1@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> References: <u8qmm5.v74.ln@dolphin.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ab161.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit NNTP-Posting-User: un1i X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 unoff BETA 970409; AIX 4.1] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:41929 Conrad Sabatier <conrads@neosoft.com> wrote: > OK, I *should* probably buy a new printer. :-) But just wondering if > it's possible to get this old non-Postscript Epson dot-matrix printer to > do graphics. > I've got it setup for text, no problem. But all of the filters I've > explored seem to require a Postscript-compatible printer. True? One word: ghostscript :-) from /usr/ports/print/ghostscript4/work/gs4.03/devs.mask : # * ap3250 Epson AP3250 printer # epson Epson-compatible dot matrix printers (9- or 24-pin) # * eps9mid Epson-compatible 9-pin, interleaved lines # (intermediate resolution) # * eps9high Epson-compatible 9-pin, interleaved lines # (triple resolution) # * epsonc Epson LQ-2550 and Fujitsu 3400/2400/1200 color printers # * st800 Epson Stylus 800 printer # * stcolor Epson Stylus Color Anything matching there? Ghostscript is a postscript interpreter for a lot of devices, including the above mentioned. If you install apsfilter, too, then you can pipe postcript files into lpr and they get automatically processed by ghostscript before being send to the printer. Bye, Philipp -- P. Mergenthaler http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~un1i/