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        Hi everybody...

        Here's my problem : I bought an Epson Stylus 820 and I don't know
how to convince it to print Postscript in Linux ....

        Here's what I did:
I compiled a new kernel with printer support. Finally lpr works ( it didn't
at first because it needed some directories ) , but all I get is plain ascii.

        Do I need to edit /etc/printcap for this? I mean lpr can be
instructed to print Postscript on non-Postscript printers?

                Please help me ....

                                                        Dan

It is easy to use, and it transparently sets up "lpr" so it will print
ASCII (formatted, two up!), PostScript, TeX, etc.  It's fantastic!

Hi you !

:>        Here's my problem : I bought an Epson Stylus 820 and I don't know
:>how to convince it to print Postscript in Linux ....

I do it like this:

# printcap-file ...
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# Standart ASCII Files CR->CRLF
txt:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/usr/spool/lp1:if=/var/spool/lp1/txt.filter:sh:mx#0

# Postscript
ps:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/usr/spool/lp1:if=/var/spool/lp1/ps.filter:sh:mx#0

# No Filter
lp:lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/usr/spool/lp1:sh:mx#0
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# ps.filter ...
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#!/bin/sh

DEVICE=deskjet

exec /usr/bin/gs -q -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -dSAFER\
     -sDEVICE=$DEVICE -sOutputFile=- -

----------------------------------------------------------------------

This works fine !

Good luck.

Bye.
--
Tschau,

Ralf Kneemeyer.              Offenes Usenet Team, Westfalen.de

Try using the aps-491.tar.gz package. I've got the Epson Stylus 800
and am able to print postscript just fine. Hope this helps...

Bill