You can check your ghostscript independently by pulling up a ps or pdf with ghostview. It is rare that ghost script has problems, though I once saw it barf on an MW Word generated pdf that used funny fonts.
Red Hat's GUI configurator is nice, if you have not tried it yet. It has pulldown menus for the different printers and settings for each, much like Windoze, and has both a ps and text test print. It slickly sets both Gnome and KDE apps to use the correct printer. It is easier to find if you log in as root. I used this the other week to set up an old HP desk jet and was very impressed. YMMV depending on the printer you try to set up, especially if it requires extra drivers or, as someone else pointed out, a nasty USB interface. Networking awareness is part of most underlying print systems, though I've never bothered with it. I don't print much and when I do, I just ssh my way through it. On 2003.08.03 17:37 "Goodson, Jacob" wrote: > I recently installed Redhat 8.0 at home, but I can't figure out how to get > my printer installed. I installed the hpijs file that went with my printer > and the shit still doesn't work. I think something may be wrong with my > ghostscript or I just don't know what the hell I am doing. Any suggestions? > If I am going to be networking this printer, should I also install samba?
