Hi,
Frustrating, isn't it...;)
I have a HP LaserJet 5L. Haven't used apsfilter much but once I got it
installed I can print with:
lpr the_file
So if I have a *.ps file I just do:
lpr the_file_name.ps
When you install apsfilter you can override an earlier installation you
did. That should not increase the number of printers in printcap I think.
It is also possible to print with the program 'a2ps', (ascii to ps),
either directly to printer or to file. It's in the aps directory, on my machine:
/usr/local/aps/bin/a2ps.
About 'gs' I know less than zero, haven't used it for printing.
Best Regards,
_/_/ Greger Haga, [EMAIL PROTECTED] _/_/
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Bogdan Taru wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I've been trying to pring ps files for a long time now, without much
> succes... I have a HP Deskjet 690C attached to /dev/lp1.
>
> I've installed apsfilter, choosing HP Deskjet 500C as printer, and my
> '/etc/printcap' has now 5 printers :lp1...lp5. I tryied to print from
> Ghostview, but only the plain ASCII file was coming out...
> I tryied using gs:
> gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 file.ps
> and the result was a little bit better, meaning that I got some graphics
> and some fonts, but everything was messed up (the characters were funny, I
> really don't know how to explain that...)
>
> I also tryied using gs with lpr:
> gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=\ | lpr file.ps
> Sometimes I got 'broken pipe', sometimes I got a piece of paper in which
> each line was full of black ink...
>
> Can somebody help me? I really don't understand how this works and why
> does it have to be so complicated... and it's really a dirty job to search
> for pdf files, and go to windows and print from there...
> I would like to know if it is possible to print directly from GhostView,
> and if now, what is the correct command line for gs (or lpr, or God knows
> what else...).
>
> Thanks a lot for your time,
> bogdan
>
