Please help me with HP710C, CUPS and Slack9.0 :(

In article <pan.2003.08.17.22.31.50.64709 DeleteThis @poczta.onet.pl>,
Skyname <skyname DeleteThis @poczta.onet.pl> wrote:
>i downloaded all files, but i have no idea how to make them working. it is
>a black magic to me

There should be a README.TXT file or something in the pnm2ppa tarball.
It probably includes instructions that say do something like this to
build them:

./configure
make
su
make install

But I don't remember the detail. It might be different.

There are also basic install and use instructions for it in there as
well.

I have a 710 working, but I don't use CUPS because at the time it said
it didn't support it. I just use lpd, but setting that up is more than
I can detail right now.

-Beej

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On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 10:53:37PM +0200, Skyname wrote:

> sh: line1:pnm2ppa: command not found
> ESP Ghostscript 7.05.6: Can't find initialization file gs_init.ps

> but i have got this file (gs_init.ps) in
> /usr/share/ghostscript/7.05/lib directory

look at the error above it!
it can not find the command "pnm2ppa"

> i tried to compile from sources the ESPGS-7-05.6 after i removed package.
> maybe this harmed my system. i tried to "make uninstall" it but i
> couldn't.

that's what i did. i'm using CUPS for my HP Deskjet 3820.
it took me some time to figure it out, but i got it working

> finally i installed again packages and nothing happed again

i don't think it worked.
looking at the output below...
(see next comments)

> Search path:
> . : NONE/share/ghostscript/7.05/lib : NONE/share/ghostscript/fonts :

okay, this is exactly what i got the first time that i compiled
ghostscript. for some reason the configure script isn't doing what
it's supposed to do. pay attention to the path: NONE/blah/blah/...

notice the "NONE" ? [0]

doesn't this look like a non existing path ?
i thought so.

now, you may have re-installed the ghostscript package, but your
previously compiled ghostscript binary is still sitting in
/usr/local/bin, which will be executed before /usr/bin, where your
package ghostscript binary sits.

now it's up to you, either remove the one you compiled, and use the
slackwarepackage, but you'll need to figure out what other packages
it needs (this is why i compiled my own, it was linked against alot
of things i did not want to install)

or, you can remove the package, and recompile from source, this
tiome, giving the configure script the correct parameters, and
feeding it a reasonable value for "datadir"

that should fix the "NONE" problem


give it a go, and your printer should start to spit out your prints


[0] have a look in your ghostscript source dir now,
you'll notice that there is a directory called "NONE" which holds
part of the installation


Jurgen.

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> There should be a README.TXT file or something in the pnm2ppa tarball.
> It probably includes instructions that say do something like this to
> build them:
>
> ./configure
> make
> su
> make install
>
> But I don't remember the detail. It might be different.

ok, i already installed pnm2ppa it seems to be ok cause CUPS logs
don't show anymore "sh: line1:pnm2ppa: command not found"

but error with the gs_init.ps is still there

> I have a 710 working, but I don't use CUPS because at the time it said
> it didn't support it. I just use lpd, but setting that up is more than
> I can detail right now.

Are You talking about APSFILTER ?
i tried to make this working using some king of magical SETUP program.
Everything was fine but when i tried to print test page a gs_init.ps error
occured again

i think the one and only problem to solve now is the gs_init.ps error.

I am closer now

I'd like to configure my printer on CUPS and APSFILTER. I am a newbie
that's why I'd like to learn how to do it

THANKS A LOT for helping me !!!
I appreciate this !

See ya