Re: LPRng: Convert Firebird's PS to PCL ???

[Anthony Ewell]

 Anthony Ewell wrote:

Hi All,

  I know this is not the form for Mozilla, but maybe
someone has figured out a way to do this.
  I am using Red Hat 8, Mozilla Firebird 0.7 and XFce 4.x.
When I go to print a web page from Firebird , I am only given
an option of a post script printer.  Hmmmm.  My printer, which
I love dearly (okidata 14e), only understands PCL 5e.  Has
anyone come up with a way of doing this?   Can a printer be
set up to convert Post Script to PCL 5e on the fly?
  Just as an aside, if you haven't tried out Firebird yet, you should.
It is an awesome piece of programming -- if you have a post script
printer.
Many thanks,
--Tony
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Till Kamppeter wrote:

If you have set up a print queue for your printer with the tools 
coming with your distro (or by following the LPRng instructions on 
linuxprinting.org: http://www.linuxprinting.org/lpd-doc.html) the 
spooler will do the conversion from PostScript to PCL automatically. 
All applications (Mozilla, OpenOffice.org, KDE, ...) produce 
PostScript output as device-independent standard format for print 
jobs. It is the spooler's responsability to make the printer's native 
language out of it. So simply choose this "Generic PostScript printer" 
and the printer should print correctly.

   Till 


Hi Till,

    I am confused.  If I select "Generic PostScript printer", won't the 
spooler think I want to print in Post Script?
Should I not choose a printer that is set up to print PCL instead?  Like 
HP4000 or some such?   If I am understanding
correctly, all apps product PS.  So, if I print PS to a PCL printer, the 
queue is suppose to convert it?

    I am asking this because I have an HP5Si (PCL5e) that will just 
print out the post script text when I
print to it from Firebird.  :'(

My LPRng settings:

        Red Hat 9 (upgraded from RH 6.2 and RH 7.2)
        ghostscript-7.05.5-0.i386.rpm
        LPRng-3.8.19-3.1.i386.rpm
        gimp-print-4.2.5-2.i386.rpm
        LPRngTool-1.3.2-1.i386.rpm
        ifhp-3.5.6-1.i386.rpm
My printcap:

        ##LPRNGTOOL## QUEUE
        HP5SI|lp|lp1
        :af=acct
        :cm=HP Laser Jet 5 Si
        :ifhp=model=hp4000,status,sync,pagecount,waitend
        :lf=log
        :lprngtooloptions=FILTERTYPE="IFHP" 
IFHP_OPTIONS="status@,sync@,pagecount@,waitend@" \
        PRINTERDB_ENTRY="hp4000"
        :mx=0
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
        :send_try#1000
        :lp=192.168.255.8%9100
        :rp=raw1
        :sh

I appreciate your help.

Many thanks,
--Tony


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