Subject: Re: bpp and lpvi
To: Michael Wolfson <mw34@cornell.edu>
From: me.... <crutch@aci.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/16/2000 15:52:14
Michael Wolfson wrote:

> There are, however, sample drivers in the NeWS package that shipped from
> Sun (no I don't know where you can find them).
>
>   ../NeWS/devkit/examples/SPARCprinter/src/engine_ctl_SPARCprinter.c
>   with include files in the
>   ../NeWS/devkit/examples/SPARCprinter/install
>   directory.

i Have an Original Newprint 2.5 CD.... i can make the contents of the CD
available to whoever needs it to develop the driver...

> True, but you can download the necessary kernel module from Sun, install
> that, and use ghostscript to drive the printer.  Works fine for me under
> Solaris 2.6.

and i even have it running under Solaris 8 Early Acess...

> Software.  Using ghostscript instead of Sun's software isn't too bad if
> you've got enough RARM.

true..