Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 09:49:44 -0500 From: "Rob" <rpd@core.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Apsfilter (or is it ghostscript?) doesn't print correctly...Help! Message-ID: <000a01bf7e0d$3a1088e0$21e951d1@RobDeMarco>
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Hello FreeBSD-questions readers, I am having a hell of a time getting my print system up and running. I installed the `apsfilter' port (and all of the ports it slurps up, including teTeX, ghostscript, and others) on my personal home system: FreeBSD 3.3 with an NEC SuperScript 860 running under 300x300 dpi, PCL4, LaserJet IIP compatability mode. (I am using apsfilter-5.1.4.) If I print a raw text file > /dev/lpt0 (or `lpr -Praw'), the file is printed correctly. However, once I use `apsfilter' -- for example: $ lpr man.ps -- only a quarter page (at most) is printed correctly, then I get ASCII garble, and the rest of the file is not printed. I then have to `lprm' the file and shut down the printer so it doesn't keep spewing blank pages. I have used both ghostscript-5.50 and ghostscript-5.10, and both render perfectly fine in x11 viewing software. In the past, I have used this same printer on FreeBSD (Both 2.2.7 and 3.x) with no problem. But after having the printer in storage for a few months, I thought I would reinstall everything, and it has been a mess. The printer itself seems okay, and the printer's internal settings page prints fine when I press the manual printer settings button. Incidentally, I experimented with `dvilj2p' -- a separate program provided in the texmf package -- which directly translates *.dvi files to LaserJet IIP format. With `lpr -Praw file.lj', I get something that works much better, but it doesn't print lowercase `a' for some reason, and sometimes individual letters are sprinkled randomly on the page. What's going on here? -Rob To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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