*- On 10 Feb, Alan Eugene Davis wrote about "Re: HP DeskJets" > On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 07:16:05PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> I would also look at installing the gs-aladdin package from the non-free >> part of Debian. It has a special HP Deskjet driver compiled into it. >> You can specify lots of features such as print quality, color mode, >> paper type, etc. See the gs-hpdj man page once it is installed. You >> then will have to modify your print filter(use magicfilter as others >> have suggested) to specify the options you want. > > Which non-free? > > I know there is a gs-aladdin in /debian/project/experimental that does have > the hp850 driver compiled in. I used magicfilter, but had to kludge: took a > second copy of the dj550c filter and rewrote the Postscript lines with the > parameters mentioned in the readme about that driver in the mentioned > gs-aladdin package. The results with this filter have been far better in > the past than just the dj550c filter. Contact me for a filter. I wrote > separate filters (hence defined separate printers were defined) for various > parameters---such as papertype. I haven't gotten to the end of it, and I > certainly don't understand it all, but it works ok. >
Ahh, I didn't know there was one in project/experimental with the 850 driver in it. Yes, you will have to create different 'printers' for different options. I haven't looked at lprng but it would be nice if this didn't have to be done, ie. options could be specified on the lpr command line. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Never criticize anybody until you have walked a mile in their shoes, because by that time you will be a mile away and have their shoes." - unknown Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------