Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 13:46:58 -0500 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: rknebel@mail.microserve.net Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ghostscript Message-ID: <199709271847.NAA11091@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from rknebel@mail.microserve.net of "Sat, 27 Sep 1997 14:17:34 EDT." <19970927141734.25313@my.domain>
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rknebel@mail.microserve.net writes: > > Hi, > I have my HP deskjet printer working for printing text files. > I use the filter example from the freebsd handbook using ghostscript for > printing postscript. > Every time I try to print from Netscape or a image from xv my printer > spews out a bunch of ghostscript error messages. > Can anyone give me a hand? Start by printing one of the problem images to a Postscript file. Then for kicks, view it with ghostscript. Then try manually invoking the gs command with < input.ps > output.hp. Can you do that without the errors? Once you can, try "lpr output.hp". And when it all works, put it together in the filter you specifed in /etc/printcap. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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