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Thank you for the help. Caldera OpenLinux (COL) installed Ghostscript
during the its initial installation... along with LPRng, LPD, etc....
I took your advice and got an RPM of Magicfilter. I installed it and
edited my printcap to point to the bj200 filter:
lp0|bj240|bj200|lp:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:br#57600:\
:rm=:\
:rp=:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:if=/usr/lib/magicfilter/bj200-filter:
I executed a simple "lpr /etc/printcap" to test it and it printed the
text just fine. However, when I tried to print from StarOffice 5.1
(only prints to postscript printers) or Netscape Navigator (graphical
page), it printed what seems to look like the contents of a script
(ghostscript I think). Here is a sample of the text it printed:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0
%%BoundingBox: 54 72 558 720
%%Orientation: Portrait
%%Pages: 1
%%PageOrder: Ascend
So, I'm halfway there. I can print text but no graphics. Any more
suggestions would be appreciated. Thanx for your help.
--==> David Hudgens <==--
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 7/27/99, 12:56:08 PM, Preston Landers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Printing Garbage:
> Since no one else has answered this message (on the list) I'll give it
> a shot.
> Caveat: I don't know anything about anything. YMMV. Dry Clean Only.
> The next sentance is false. The previous sentance is true.
> I have a Canon BJC-4300 printer that I think is similar (though not
> identical) to your BJC-240. It prints just fine (and in color, no
> less) for me in Debian GNU/Linux.
> The standard way for any application in Linux to print is to output
> either plain text (blah) or PostScript to the lpq. This works great
> if you have a native postscript printer. Neither you nor I have a
> native Postscript printer, so we must seek alternative solutions.
> Fortunately, some clever folks have written a package called
> Ghostscript that translates Postscript into a variety of native
> printer languages. It is also fortunate that the Canon BJ series of
> bubblejet printers of are well supported by Ghostscript.
> There is a commercial version of GS that supports most new printers
> (as well as older printers) and happily there is a GPL licensed
> version that is older but also supports most printers.
> What I'm trying to tell you is that you need to install Ghostscript.
> Furthermore, it would be helpful to install the magicfilter package.
> lprng will pass any print jobs through magicfilter, which will
> determine the most appropriate action to take. (If you print a
> postscript document, it will pass it through Ghostscript. If you
> print a LaTeX document, it will pass it through the appropriate
> filter, and so on.) This way, you can transparently print almost any
> type of file without worrying about passing it through a filter
> first.
> I use Debian GNU/Linux and there are easy-to-install packages
> availible for all of these programs (GNU Ghostscript, Magicfilter,
> lprng, etc.) I've never used Caldera OpenLinux so honestly I can't
> say. There probably *are* packages availible, but at last resort you
> can install from a tarball.
> My /etc/printcap has this:
> lp|bjc4300|Canon BJC-4300:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc4300:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :if=/etc/magicfilter/bj600-filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> Which you'll notice passes output throught the BJ600 magicfilter
> filter. This filter might work for you, or you might need the almost
> identical BJ200 filter.
> At any rate, Ghostscript and magicfilter is what you need.
> Hope this helped,
> ---Preston
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