Date: Tue, 1 May 2001 10:56:58 -0700 From: "Michael O'Henly" <michael@tenzo.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> Subject: Re: apsfilter vs. magicfilter Message-ID: <01050110565802.95605@h24-69-46-74.gv.shawcable.net> In-Reply-To: <15086.17904.654310.339441@guru.mired.org> References: <15086.17904.654310.339441@guru.mired.org>
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On Monday 30 April 2001 22:13, Mike Meyer wrote: > Michael O'Henly <michael@tenzo.com> types: [...] > apsfilter is built around using ghostscript as a front end to talk to > the printer. This causes extra work in cases where you don't need to > render things as postscript, and some problems if you're trying to > send postscript straight to a postscript printer. This is exactly what I was trying to do. I have a Postscript printer (HP LaserJet 4050) and although I can print to it using apsfilter, I get a lot of artifacts when the source comes from one of the Macs connected to the network. Clearly I don't need ghostscript at all. [...] > If you want automatic translation, I'd recommend magicfilter. If you > want to do things by hand, then all you really need is two printcap - > one that has a filter for text, and one that filters for postscript. Perfect, and a simple solution. Thanks again. M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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