Subject: Re: Install Epson Photo Stylus 700
To: A. van Eersel <avaneersel@maxfort.com>
From: Rex McMaster <rmcm@compsoft.com.au>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/27/1999 09:24:58
the ghostscript package has instructions in the doc/unix-lpr.txt for
setting up the filter, a sample filter (doc/unix-lpr.sh) and a setup
script (doc/lprsetup.sh -this is in the distfile, but not in the
installed set) - works well with the Stylus 440.
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Rex McMaster rmcm@compsoft.com.au
rex@mcmaster.wattle.id.au
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Manuel Bouyer writes:
> 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.
>
> --
> Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI. Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
> --