On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 02:42:18PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Wed, 25 Aug 2010, Chad Perrin wrote: > > >I was not entirely sure before today whether the 4050N could handle > >straight PostScript instead of PCL, but the test I performed using nc to > >see if it would print properly involved using pdf2ps and no other file > >format transformations, so it seems PS is fine in this case. > > The LJ4050 is a great printer. The PS emulation works well and it's > very smart about paper trays and input. Sort of the Douglas DC3 of > lasers; I know of a couple with page counts over a million. > > For further information on lpd and filters, let me repost the link to my > lpd article, which I really should have posted yesterday but forgot: > > http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/html/lpdprinting.html
Thanks. I'll be looking into lpd as a solution to my CUPS problem, since there still doesn't appear to be an easy fix for CUPS. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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