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From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: David Jeffers <jeffers@redrose.net>
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Subject: Re: Printing problems
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, David Jeffers wrote:

> Here's my printcap entry -
> 
> lp|cdj500|ps|local Deskjet printer:\
> 	:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:mx#0:\
> 	:if=/usr/local/libexec/lpfilter:
> 
> With ghostscript-5.10 installed, postscript printing fails. I'm using
> an HP660c desk jet. Also tried enscript which I use on another machine
> with same result -the postscript code file is printed instead of
> the file sent to the printer.

What's in lpfilter?  If it's the one below you're trying to double-print
the file.  Input filters expect input on stdin and the stuff to send to
the printer on stdout.

I use this script:

#!/bin/sh
#
# PostScript to DeskJet 500 mono 
/usr/local/bin/gs -q -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=- -

My printcap entry is so:  

ps|DeskJet 540 PostScript:\
        :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ps:\
        :sf:sh:\
        :mx#0:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ps/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/ps/acct:\
        :if=/usr/local/lib/psif:
Doug White                               
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