[Tfug] postscript & ghostscript printing issue

[christ]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 12:40:00 -0700
Robert Hunter <hunter at tfug.org> wrote:

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> On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 08:55:21AM -0700, christ wrote:
> > Hi, can someone advise me on how to troubleshoot a
> > printing issue.
> > 
> > The gist of it is that in an effort to work around
> > a system crash when I try to use cups, I decided to
> > try to set up printing the old-fashioned way on my
> > FreeBSD system. In the freebsd handbook, this
> > involves getting your printer to first print raw
> > text files, and then creating filters to print 
> > everything else.
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> Chris, I've had great success with HP's "hplip" software.  I have
> scanning, printing, and faxing capibility from my Ubuntu laptop, and
> the only thing I had to do to get it working was type "hp-setup -a <ip
> address>".  It looks like it's available on freebsd, too.

I know it's an option, and when I run out of patience,
I'll fall back on it. I just like the idea of really
getting to know the ins and outs of printing