Subject: Re: HP DeskJet 672C
To: Claude Marinier <claude.marinier@dreo.dnd.ca>
From: Chris Pinnock <cjep@fawlty.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 12/10/2001 16:49:25
On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 11:28:59AM -0500, Claude Marinier wrote:
> 1) Do I need to send an initialization string? Where do I find such
>    things? I have looked with Google and AltaVista. It may be a PCL3
>    string common to all such devices.
> 
> 2) Which device should I use? I saw comments that some HP printers
>    work better with polling.
> 
> 3) Which ghostscript device should I specify. One Linux HowTo
>    suggested there are problems the 672C.
> 
> 4) Do I need to use apsfilter or magicfilter?
> 
> More simply put: If you got this printer to work, how did you do it?

I have an HP printer (694C). I use the lpa0 device and magicfilter to
filter.

I found the following link useful:
	http://www.mclink.it/personal/MG2508/nbsdeng/chap-print.html

best wishes, C.