trouble printing

[Brian John]

Roland Smith wrote:

>On Mon, Feb 14, 2005 at 10:40:19PM -0600, Brian John wrote:
>  
>
>>Ok, I installed apsfilter and pnm2ppa.  I've been looking on the net and 
>>I'm starting to get overwhelmed in documentation.  Could you at least 
>>help me get started setting this up?  Is there any hope that I will be 
>>able to get this printer to work as well (and easy) as it works in Windows?
>>    
>>
>
>I'll try. :-)
>
>You should start with the apsfilter handbook, chapter 4. Read this
>carefully before starting setup. Start the setup
>utility with '/usr/local/share/apsfilter/SETUP' (without the '') as root.
>
>The spool directory is probably somewhere in /var/spool/lpd. (I can't
>see here, I use CUPS instead of the standard lpr). IIRC, if you give the
>printer a name, (e.g. deskjet710), the spool directory should be
>/var/spool/lpd/deskjet710.
>
>The apsfilter manual mentions ppa printers, so I assume it's in the list
>that SETUP presents to you.
>
>I can't remember if apsfilter actually writes /etc/printcap for you, but I
>think so.
>
>You'll also need §9.3 of the FreeBSD handbook.
>
>Let me know how it works out, or if you have problems.
>
>Good luck,
>     Roland
>  
>
Ok, I tried this and I'm still having problems.  Sorry it took me so 
long, I've been trying to work out other problems :(.  When I try to 
print a test page through apsfilter setup, nothing happens.  I think I 
have everything setup, here is what my setup looks like:
        ==================================================================
          A P S F I L T E R   S E T U P                   -- MAIN MENUE --
        ==================================================================

        (D)     Available Device Drivers in your gs binary
        (R)     Read Ghostscript driver documentation        (devices.txt)

        (1)     Printer Driver Selection                [ppa/710]
        (2)     Interface Setup                         [parallel]
        (3)     Paper Format                            [letter]
        (4)     Printing Quality                        [medium]
        (5)     Color Mode                              [full]
        (6)     Print Resolution in "dots per inch"     [300x300]
        (7)     Default Printing Method                 [auto]

Any other ideas that might be able to help me out?

Thanks again very much for the help

/Brian