Date: Fri, 7 Apr 1995 15:33:51 -0400 (EDT) From: -Vince- <vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> To: Andreas Klemm <andreas@knobel.gun.de> Cc: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk>, "Paul F. Werkowski" <pw@snoopy.MV.COM>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org, sledge@hammer.oche.de Subject: Re: /etc/printcap for Deskjet 500 and gs Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.950407153049.2623e-100000@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950407205730.3909E-100000@knobel>
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On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Sun, 2 Apr 1995, -Vince- wrote: > > > On Sun, 2 Apr 1995, Gary Palmer wrote: > > > > > In message <199504021429.KAA01040@snoopy.mv.com>, "Paul F. Werkowski" writes: > > > > I just happened to get a DeskJet 540 last weekend and spent > > > > an afternoon trying to get the thing to work. I found buried > > > > in the ghostscript port a file called "unix-pr" along with > > > > some install script that created a bunch of cdj-550.x print > > > > queues and a printcap file that basically turned the Deskjet > > > > into a postscript printer. That, along with a2ps and dvips > > > > seems to be all that one needs to get the job done. It was > > > > simple enough to do but it sure would be nice to have it > > > > automated - or even a good pointer as to where to find the > > > > needed files. > > > > > > I hate to say it but apsfilter is probably a better bet that gs. AFAIR it > > To be fair to gs ... apsfilter uses gs as filter if you have a "normal" > printer. apsfilter can handle PS printers, too. > > Then PRINT_PS is simply: cat - :) otherwise "gs - ..........." > > > dvi is the only thing that is broken in the 4.9 delta version of > > apsfilter atleast for the deskjet is concerned... > > Are you sure ? I got other infos by Thomas Bueschgens. In most > cases it doesn't work, if your dvips's config file isn't ok. > Yes, I have been conversing with Thomas on this one and the dvips's config file is okay according to him. > You should ask Thomas Bueschgens <sledge@hammer.oche.de> for that. He > is the kind soul, who helped me a lot, when I was short in time ... and > his "baby" is dvips .. He's a real TeXnician ! ;-) Ask him ... if > dvips is setup correctly and if permissions are ok, then there are > no problems ... (I hope! Tooooommmmmmm.... :) > Hmmm, I don't understand why it worked in 4.8.1 though so Thomas? > Thomas, perhaps you could help concerning this topic ? > Please drop a Cc: into this mailing list, tnx. > ..... > > > Andreas /// > > -- > andreas@knobel.gun.de /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH > Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ - Support Unix - akl@wup.de - > > *** apsfilter - irgendwie clever *** > ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de:/pub/Linux/local/packs/APSfilter/aps-49...:-) > Cheers, Vince -*vince@kbrown.oldcampus.yale.edu*- UCLA Physics/Electrical Engineering
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