Subject: Re: Install Epson Photo Stylus 700
To: A. van Eersel <avaneersel@maxfort.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/24/1999 21:47:06
On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 08:49:28PM +0200, A. van Eersel wrote:
> I would like to know how I can install my Epson photo stylus 700 with NetBSD.
> I have made the printcap file. I can print on the printer. There are only 2 problems. 
> 1) It's very bad quality
> 2) It's black and white
> 
> I would like to have some color if possible. I wanted to print an Excel sheet via samba. It used to work on my Linux machine. Copying the /var/spool/lpd/lp/filter from the linux machine didn't work also.
> It want's /bin/bash, I only have /bin/csh and /bin/sh. With /bin/sh it doesn't work also.
> 
> Anyone have an idea what I can do ?

You can either:
- install bash from the package system
- hack so that it works with /bin/sh.

The second solution should be quite easy, the important part is the call to
gs, I don't think there are special stuffs in it.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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