>Hi,
> While in ghostview I'm attempting to printout the Network
>Admin Guide, however each time I select the print command it asks
>for the printer device and I've tried all that I know with no success (i.e.,
>lp, lp0, lp1, lp2, and lp3 my /dev/printer is not initialized). This seems
>real strange since I can successfully print files by executing "lpr
><file_name>" with no problem ?! Can someone please tell me what to do ?
Ghostview needs the printer name from your /etc/printcap file (is 'lp' for
me) This is the same name you can use with lpr's -P option. And
Ghostview simply uses lpr to print the file.
Quote:>Thank you!
>Keith
>P.S. I'm trying to print the postscript Network Guide on an HP LaserJet IIP
>printer and hopefully the utility "ghostview" does all that's needed to
>translate/interpret the postscript language for my printer ? -thnx again.
No, it does not. It gives no other result than a "lpr postscriptfile".
The only thing that Ghostview does is to send only the selected pages
to the printer, if one ore more pages are selected.
There is a nice package (called "magic filter") which uses the "file" command
to detect the format of a file and converts the file if needed. I have
installed it and it works just fine. "lpr postscriptfile" calls
ghostscript, "lpr textfile" prints it directly.
Gerd
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