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hi everyone

i've been trying to get my printer(s) set up on my system and i am able
to print plain ascii onto both my epson (really old * thing that it
is) and my deskjet.. now, it would be much nicer (and less costly) if i
could print postscript to these non-postscipt printers so i found out
about ghostscript.  (i have actually got ghoscript 2.6.2 on my system
and read up on it.)

i found a very 'simple' (nothing is simply really is it? :-) ) pipeline
that was to print ps on a non-ps printer - ok me thinks so i try it out
using a ps doucment i found, and executed:
 gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=epson -sOutputFile= | lpr file.ps

i removed the 'filter' (the 'if') entry from /etc/printcap just to be
sure that what was going to be printed was the output of this file

however the printer output the 'lovely' ps as the ascii-ps code; ie
beginning the file with
 %!PS-Adobe-2.0
 ...
 %%EOF

(i actually viewed the ps file using ghostview and it is valid
postscript)

i also tried out a ps-printcap i found tat did the 'print ps on non-ps
printer' trick - here is the lsm entry
 Title:  ps-printcap
 Version: 1
 Entered-date: 22NOV95
 Description: printcap and filter: printing postscript on non-postscript
\
 printer + text as postscript Keywords: Postscript Printing text

 Maintained-by:
 Primary-site:
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Printing/ps-printcap.tgz

and the files in the tgz were:
 /etc/printcap
  lp: \
  :lp:lp=/dev/lp1: \
  :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \
  :mx%0: \
  :if=/etc/filter: \
  :sh:

 /etc/filter
  #!/bin/sh
  # Set the PRINTER var to a "gs" device.
  # Try gs -h for a list of drivers

  #PRINTER=djet500 # original - changed to try out my epson
  #PRINTER=deskjet
  PRINTER=epson
  nenscript -ZB -p- | gs -q -sDEVICE=$PRINTER \
          -dA4 -dNOPAUSE \
   -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -

i installed these and tried to print ascii text files but these were
unsuccessful.  (i have nenscript 1.13++ installed).  i even tried
  nenscript -ZB -p- | gs -q -sDEVICE=$PRINTER -dA4 -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER
-sOutputFile=- - | lpr

from the command line

can someone *please* tell me where i'm going wrong on this but even
better, can someone please give me information (or preferably send me)
for setting up their /etc/termcap and /etc/filter files for PRINTING
POSTSCIPT onto my NON-POSTSCRIPT printers which are:
 epson lq100 (told you it was really old and *!!!)
 hp 600

this would be a greate help for my work.  any help and advice will be
greatly appreciated and i'll definitely give you acknowledgement in my
work !!! (no hard cash i'm affraid - i'm still studying :-) )

cheers

ray

ps - can people cc their replies to me - thanks again

anyone who has viewed src code in 1up will know what a help it is to
have something that'll dump 2 or 4 (or even 6) pages of src code onto
one a4 page!!!

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Quote:> that was to print ps on a non-ps printer - ok me thinks so i try it out
> using a ps doucment i found, and executed:
>  gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=epson -sOutputFile= | lpr file.ps

> can someone *please* tell me where i'm going wrong on this but even
> better, can someone please give me information (or preferably send me)
> for setting up their /etc/termcap and /etc/filter files for PRINTING
> POSTSCIPT onto my NON-POSTSCRIPT printers which are:
>  epson lq100 (told you it was really old and *!!!)
>  hp 600

> cheers

> ray

> ps - can people cc their replies to me - thanks again

now i can print from the command line, from mozilla, from applix, or any
other app
regardless of whether or not it uses postscript.  i use it with an hp 500C
deskjet and
a brother laser without any probs.

jt

        Try to get a program called 'aps' of ftp://sunsite.unc.edu. I
used it to get my non-postscript printer to print postscript.

: hi everyone

: i've been trying to get my printer(s) set up on my system and i am able
: to print plain ascii onto both my epson (really old * thing that it
: is) and my deskjet.. now, it would be much nicer (and less costly) if i
: could print postscript to these non-postscipt printers so i found out
: about ghostscript.  (i have actually got ghoscript 2.6.2 on my system
: and read up on it.)

: i found a very 'simple' (nothing is simply really is it? :-) ) pipeline
: that was to print ps on a non-ps printer - ok me thinks so i try it out
: using a ps doucment i found, and executed:
:  gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=epson -sOutputFile= | lpr file.ps

: i removed the 'filter' (the 'if') entry from /etc/printcap just to be
: sure that what was going to be printed was the output of this file

: however the printer output the 'lovely' ps as the ascii-ps code; ie
: beginning the file with
:  %!PS-Adobe-2.0
:  ...
:  %%EOF

: (i actually viewed the ps file using ghostview and it is valid
: postscript)

: i also tried out a ps-printcap i found tat did the 'print ps on non-ps
: printer' trick - here is the lsm entry
:  Title:  ps-printcap
:  Version: 1
:  Entered-date: 22NOV95
:  Description: printcap and filter: printing postscript on non-postscript
: \
:  printer + text as postscript Keywords: Postscript Printing text

:  Maintained-by:
:  Primary-site:
: sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/system/Printing/ps-printcap.tgz

: and the files in the tgz were:
:  /etc/printcap
:   lp: \
:   :lp:lp=/dev/lp1: \
:   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \
:   :mx%0: \
:   :if=/etc/filter: \
:   :sh:

:  /etc/filter
:   #!/bin/sh
:   # Set the PRINTER var to a "gs" device.
:   # Try gs -h for a list of drivers

:   #PRINTER=djet500 # original - changed to try out my epson
:   #PRINTER=deskjet
:   PRINTER=epson
:   nenscript -ZB -p- | gs -q -sDEVICE=$PRINTER \
:           -dA4 -dNOPAUSE \
:    -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -

: i installed these and tried to print ascii text files but these were
: unsuccessful.  (i have nenscript 1.13++ installed).  i even tried
:   nenscript -ZB -p- | gs -q -sDEVICE=$PRINTER -dA4 -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER
: -sOutputFile=- - | lpr

: from the command line

: can someone *please* tell me where i'm going wrong on this but even
: better, can someone please give me information (or preferably send me)
: for setting up their /etc/termcap and /etc/filter files for PRINTING
: POSTSCIPT onto my NON-POSTSCRIPT printers which are:
:  epson lq100 (told you it was really old and *!!!)
:  hp 600

: this would be a greate help for my work.  any help and advice will be
: greatly appreciated and i'll definitely give you acknowledgement in my
: work !!! (no hard cash i'm affraid - i'm still studying :-) )

: cheers

: ray

: ps - can people cc their replies to me - thanks again

: anyone who has viewed src code in 1up will know what a help it is to
: have something that'll dump 2 or 4 (or even 6) pages of src code onto
: one a4 page!!!

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University of California, Riverside    
Computer Science

I think "sDEVICE=epson" is wrong; try "sDEVICE=escp2": it works fine with my
Stylus Color IIs.
Bye

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I finally am able to send postscript to my trusty Epson AP3250 Escp2
Action Printer after installing magicfilter, using its epson-lq filter
modified to say ap3250 instead of epson.  

Robert Price
"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to
what lies within us" - Ralph W. Emerson
e-mail: bobprice at enteract dot com