John -- Did you see my earlier message on this thread? I mentioned there
that to process Postscript files, you'll need to find a Ghostscript filter
that works with your printer, and I listed a URL
(http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi) where you can get
info on specific printers. Unfortunately, I just checked again and found it
only lists lasers and inkjets. The Ghostscript site too
(http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/) also seems to list only lasers and inkjets.
Afraid you'll need to track down a source for info on Ghostscript-type
drivers for older printers like yours. I thought there was one, but now I
can't find it. Until you do that, and identify a driver (if one exists),
you'll be limited to printing text (ascii) messages.
I don't use KMail, so I don't know which way it tries to print, but I'm
guessing it sends Postscript from the error-message fragment you were able
to supply. X-based programs typically do.
At 02:14 PM 9/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Sep 1999, Ray Olszewski wrote:
>>
>> My printcap man page (Debian 2.1 - the LPRng package) has two lists of
>> options -- one alpha, the second ordered by function. In the second, I found
>> an entry for the "fq" boolean, defined as "print a form feed when closed". I
>> haven't used this option myself, but you might try adding "fq=true" to the
>> printcap entry.
>>
>Ray...tried to print your message as a test. Each time it came up and
>said "no way to print this type of input file: Postcript document
>text confo" and then it ran off the page.
>Any ideas? I'm using KMail 1.0.21. (KDE 1.1.1)
>Thanks...
>
>
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