How can I print to my HP Laserjet 4 using Xprint ?

[Mark Hobley]

I want to print from X11 to my lazer printer which is an HP Laserjet 4. The
system is installed with lpr and Xprint.

If I send a print to the lazer printer, I get a document that begins:

%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%Creator: T X Print Server's Postscript DDX (xprint.mozdev.or

I guess that the system thinks that my printer uses Postscript control codes.
I need to configure the system that my printer is an HP Laserjet 4, and thus
requires HP Laserjet 4 control codes.

I beleive that I have to use foomatic to convert the postscript job data into
the printers native format.

How can I do this ?

I am using Debian.

If I install cups onto a test Debian system, I can get the printer to work
from the test system. cups removes the lpr package from the test system and
installs foomatic as a dependency.

I don't want to use cups and I do not wish to remove the lpr package from my
computer.

How can I install foomatic and the appropriate filters for my laserjet 4, so
that I can print from Xprint ?

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help.

Regards,

Mark.

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[Ohmster]

markh...@hotpop.deletethisbit.com (Mark Hobley) wrote in
news:j3mci2-...@neptune.markhobley.yi.org:

> I want to print from X11 to my lazer printer which is an HP Laserjet
> 4. The system is installed with lpr and Xprint.

You need drivers for that printer.
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-LaserJet_4

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[Bill Marcum]

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On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 10:08:07 GMT, Mark Hobley
<markh...@hotpop.deletethisbit.com> wrote:
>
> I don't want to use cups and I do not wish to remove the lpr package from my
> computer.
>
> How can I install foomatic and the appropriate filters for my laserjet 4, so
> that I can print from Xprint ?
>

I don't know why you would not want to use cups, but use your favorite
debian software installer (aptitude, synaptic or dselect, whichever you
prefer), and search for "foomatic".

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