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Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 11:38:58 -0500 (EST)
From: Jeff Roberts <jroberts@ashland.edu>
To: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu>
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Subject: Re: FBSD:  HP Desk Jet, printing  PS?
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Thanks for replying.  I installed apsfilter, and set the printer as
"cdeskjet", as the program recommended.  I have all of the required
programs/libs installed.  However, it still prints a line of garbage, then
forwards the paper out.  Is there something else I need to do -- set the
PRINTER env var, or call lpr with a different option?

Thanks,

Jeff


On Tue, 9 Sep 1997, M. L. Dodson wrote:

> /usr/ports/print/apsfilter
> 
> Jeff Roberts writes:
>  > Hi, everyone.
>  > 
>  > Is there some sort of filter or interpreter available for FreeBSD
>  > (2.2.1-R, XF86 3.3) that will allow me to print PostScript files on my DJ
>  > 320?  I have all of the usual tools -- ghostscript/view, TeX, etc., but
>  > (seemingly) nothing that can preformat files for my HP.  I'm just starting
>  > to learn about PS -- don't really know what I should be looking for,
>  > really.