[canon mf635cx] need basic lpd setup

Well the title says it all, have a brand new Canon mf635cx printer, it works in gnu/linux with a UFRII cups driver which is not available in freebsd.
The printer supports PCL5 & 6 besides of postscript/pdf.
I've never tried setting up an lpd printer hence my question.
Thank you in advance for your help.
 
The technical specifications for Canon mf635cx printer mention support for "UFRII, PCL 5c*, PCL6, Adobe® PostScript".

But I see that the Open Printing organisation does not have a driver for it.

For FreeBSD, my suggestion would be to install and use print/cups package and use one of the generic PCL6, or PostScript drivers.

I suspect that the print/gutenprint package may help with driver options, as may print/hplip (if you choose PCL5c), as indicated by the Open Printing Generic PCL 6/PCL XL Printer document.

However, you may be able to get a suitable PPD file for UFRII from Canon's Linux package linux-UFRII-drv-v510-uken-19.tar.gz. Look in the "Sources" directory.

I'm suggesting CUPS over lpr/lpd because it generally works quite well and so many of the FreeBSD packages drag it in as a dependency.

However if you wish to use lpr/lpd the FreeBSD handbook and even the Linux foundation may help with generic PCL6 and Postscript configurations.
 
With archlinux the unique solution for me was the proprietary driver, which contains PPD's besides filters which depend heavily on Linux.
I'll make a try to get through the cups solution and report back (after the holidays).
Thank you for the hints.
 
The best advice, it's to read the Handbook section about LPD (Line Printer Daemon)

I will assume that your printer is connected by USB and emulating PCL6

You will need to add the printer configuration to the /etc/printcap :

Code:
printername|lp|Canon mf635cx:\
    :banner.disable:\
    :tty.device=/dev/ulpt0:\
    :filt.input=/usr/local/bin/if-mf635cx:\
    :spool.dir=/var/spool/lpd/mf635cx:\
    :spool.log=/var/spool/lpd/mf635cx/filter-errors:

Create the spool directory

mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd/mf635cx
chmod 770 /var/spool/lpd/mf635cx
chown -R daemon:daemon /var/spool/lpd/mf635cx

The content of the input filter /usr/local/bin/if-mf635cx is

Code:
#!/bin/sh
GS_DEVICE=pxlmono
GS_FONTPATH=/usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts:/usr/local/lib/X11/fonts/Type1
GS_LIB=
GS_OPTIONS="-g5100x6600 -r600x600 -q -dBATCH -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE"
export GS_DEVICE GS_FONTPATH GS_LIB GS_OPTIONS
/usr/local/bin/gs -sOutputFile=- -

This only work for print jobs been PostScript (most applications produce it)
 
That's exactly what I'm looking for!
I will make just 1 or 2 modifications (for network printing).
I have 2 questions:
1- pxlmono is for black 'n' white printing?
2- printer understands natively POSTSCRIPT, do need to convert it to PCL6?
THANKS.
 
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