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-Dear Linuxers,
-
-I have just bought an HP DeskJet 520 printer for my linux box. I couldn't get it
-to print PostScript files, no even with gs. Is there anybody who has succeded
-printing PostScript files on the same type of printer or who can help me out?
-
-Please reply with e-mail.

I decided to post because others might be interested.

I do just fine with GhostScript on my 520. Even wrote a little script that
runs gs and dumps to the printer. Here it is:
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if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
   echo "Usage gsdj <filename>"
   exit 1
fi
gs -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile="|lpr" -dNOPAUSE $1 - < /dev/null > /dev/null
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Hope this helps,

BAJ
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Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux!

Dear Linuxers,

I have just bought an HP DeskJet 520 printer for my linux box. I couldn't get it
to print PostScript files, no even with gs. Is there anybody who has succeded
printing PostScript files on the same type of printer or who can help me out?

Please reply with e-mail.

Thanks in advance.

Feriel

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I had a problem printing a ps file on my dj520, too.  So, I tried one
suggestion as follows:

    gs -sDevice=deskjet -sOutputfile=|lpr <filename.ps>

This gave me an error message saying, "Broken pipe".  So I still have a
problem.  I don't know what's wrong.  Can anyone help me out, please?

try this:

    gs -sDevice=deskjet -sOutputfile="|lpr" <filename.ps>

The double quotes around the pipe is necessary so that the shell won't
interpret it.

Good Luck.

BAJ
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Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel - And Using Linux!

If that doesn't work, try this:

     gs -sDEVICE=deskjet -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 <filename.ps>

Dan

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