> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 12 19:47:47 2000
> Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 21:40:25 -0400
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: "Paul M. Livingston" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: LPRng: Spooling problem with pnm2ppa-1.0 and RH6.2
>
> Not yet, at this stage I have eliminated the pnm2ppa SW as a possible
> cause. In a separate note from Duncan Haldane, I got enough information to
> narrow it down to the filter set (I think). He suggested getting the
> "rawhide" version of both printtool and the rhs-filter set from Red Hat and
> working with them.
>
> Given past success with LPRng, I would prefer to figure out how to use the
> spooler to handle the output of the GS + pnm2ppa chain properly. IFHP,
> which is tweaked for LPRng, does not have a model for a ppa printer nor
> does it appear on cursory examination to have a provision for a flow
> through or "do nothing but pass it to the HW part" option. However, I will
> RTFM again and take a look at the sources to see if I can id the
> problem. The HP-1000C seems to be a bargain as a 11x17 color printer & I
> wanted it as an output device for GIMP.
>
> This is frustrating because I thought I understood the printing sub-system
> reasonably well, but it has been demonstrated that is not the case
> ;-} Again any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Paul
Yes it does - the language type 'raw' is used to do this.
You can use:
file_output_match = [
*postscript* raw \%s{ps_converter}
*pcl* raw \%s{pcl_converter}
*pjl* raw \%s{pjl_converter}
*printer*job*language* raw
*text* raw \%s{text_converter}
*gzip_compressed* filter \%s{gzip_decompress}
]
with ps_converter, etc., set to the scripts you want to use,
i.e. -
ps_converter = gs .... | pmn2ppa ...
Please keep me informed if you have any problems.
Patrick
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