Try just plain lpr filename and see if that doesn't work just
great. It takes a minute for lpr to get all set to go...:-)
On Thu, 21 Aug 1997, Bogdan Taru wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I've been trying to pring ps files for a long time now, without much
> succes... I have a HP Deskjet 690C attached to /dev/lp1.
>
> I've installed apsfilter, choosing HP Deskjet 500C as printer, and my
> '/etc/printcap' has now 5 printers :lp1...lp5. I tryied to print from
> Ghostview, but only the plain ASCII file was coming out...
> I tryied using gs:
> gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 file.ps
> and the result was a little bit better, meaning that I got some graphics
> and some fonts, but everything was messed up (the characters were funny, I
> really don't know how to explain that...)
>
> I also tryied using gs with lpr:
> gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sOutputFile=\ | lpr file.ps
> Sometimes I got 'broken pipe', sometimes I got a piece of paper in which
> each line was full of black ink...
>
> Can somebody help me? I really don't understand how this works and why
> does it have to be so complicated... and it's really a dirty job to search
> for pdf files, and go to windows and print from there...
> I would like to know if it is possible to print directly from GhostView,
> and if now, what is the correct command line for gs (or lpr, or God knows
> what else...).
>
> Thanks a lot for your time,
> bogdan
>
>
Best wishes
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