Subject: Re: bpp and lpvi
To: Michael Wolfson <mw34@cornell.edu>
From: me.... <crutch@aci.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/16/2000 15:52:14
Michael Wolfson wrote:
> There are, however, sample drivers in the NeWS package that shipped from
> Sun (no I don't know where you can find them).
>
> ../NeWS/devkit/examples/SPARCprinter/src/engine_ctl_SPARCprinter.c
> with include files in the
> ../NeWS/devkit/examples/SPARCprinter/install
> directory.
i Have an Original Newprint 2.5 CD.... i can make the contents of the CD
available to whoever needs it to develop the driver...
> True, but you can download the necessary kernel module from Sun, install
> that, and use ghostscript to drive the printer. Works fine for me under
> Solaris 2.6.
and i even have it running under Solaris 8 Early Acess...
> Software. Using ghostscript instead of Sun's software isn't too bad if
> you've got enough RARM.
true..