setting up printer (ps)
I can only print text. How do I set up support for ps? using one of the recent deskjets. thanx -- Eric Smith
Re: setting up printer (ps)
On Sun, Dec 16, 2001 at 03:20:50AM +0100, Eric Smith wrote: | I can only print text. | | How do I set up support for ps? | | using one of the recent deskjets. You need to set up a spool that filters the ps data through ghostscript to generate a printer-specific datastream, which is then sent out the port. I use CUPS, and it is fairly easy to set up (if your printer is supported by the provided drivers). There are other alternatives too. -D -- What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Mark 8:36-37
Re: setting up printer (ps)
dman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I use CUPS, and it is fairly easy to set up (if your printer is supported by the provided drivers). I recently installed CUPS and set it up for a NEC printer. A ppd file was not supplied in the package (see /usr/share/cups/model directory), but I was able to pull the ppd file from a Windows driver zip file from the NEC website. I dropped it in the above directory and it has worked quite well since. I am able to take advantage of the duplex, different trays, n-up, etc. with lp on the command line. Brian
