Re: tlug: Be_careful!!! HPLaserJet4000N_Final_Solution

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@example.com>]

>>>>> "jb" == Jonathan Byrne <- 3Web <jq@example.com>> writes:

    jb> On Thu, 11 Jun 1998, Ken Schwarz wrote:
    >> What language(s) does the LP-8300 speak?  Something proprietary
    >> to Epson?  Usually clone printers emulate popular devices like
    >> HP PCL

    jb> Epson ESC/P, the standard Epson printer language.
    jb> Unfortunately, it has no DeskJet emulation modes (I don't
    jb> think any Epson does).

These printers are just too popular in Japan to have no drivers at
all.  Output of Debian-JP's vflib-enabled Ghostscript --help below.
Try the `epag' driver first (just guessing, dunno what it is).  If
that doesn't work, I believe the ap3250, st800, and stcolor are Espon
OEMs, maybe actual Epson overseas versions.  Failing that, `(cd
$ghostscript_source; less `fgrep -il 'esc/p' *`)' is a try.

Aladdin Ghostscript 4.03 (1996-9-23)
Copyright (C) 1996 Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -c quit  (as the last switch)
                                           |            exit after last file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
   x11 x11mono x11alpha x11cmyk lvga256 epag pr150 jj100 bj10v bj10vh lips3
                                        ####
   lbp8 ap3250 appledmp bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800 cdeskjet cdjcolor cdjmono
        ######
   cdj500 cdj550 cp50 declj250 deskjet djet500 djet500c dnj650c epson
   eps9mid eps9high epsonc ibmpro imagen iwhi iwlo iwlq jetp3852 laserjet
   lj250 ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 lj4dith ljetplus lp2563 m8510 necp6
   oce9050 paintjet pj pjetxl pjxl pjxl300 r4081 sj48 st800 stcolor t4693d2
                                                      ##### #######
   t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 dfaxhigh dfaxlow faxg3 miff24 faxg32d faxg4
   tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tiff12nc tiff24nc tifflzw tiffpack bit
   bitrgb bitcmyk bmpmono bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 cif mgrmono
   mgrgray2 mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgr4 mgr8 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b
   pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw psmono sgirgb
   pngmono pnggray png16 png256 png16m pdfwrite nullpage
Search path:
   . : /usr/lib/ghostscript/4.03vflib :
   /usr/lib/ghostscript/4.03vflib/kanji : /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts
For more information, see /usr/doc/gs/use.txt.
Report bugs to ghost@example.com; use the form in new-user.txt.

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