Please don't attach files when posting on Cooker, they all get scrambled
and therefore unusable. Please make the files downloadable for me on a
web site, or send them directly to me via e-mail. If it does not
infringe the license of the files, I can make them available on
linuxprinting.org and/or in the distro.
To use a PostScript Level I printer, choose an arbitrary PostScript
printer (does not need to be yours) with "GhostScript + Postscript" in
Printerdrake (Expert mode) or with "Foomatic + Postscript" in the KDE
Printing Manager. Under the options you will find a "GhostScript
pre-filtering" option. Set it to "Convert to PS level 1". Then
GhostScript will convert all jobs to PostScript Level I before they are
sent to the printer. Then you should be able to print.
Till
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> FYI:
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> For the first time in months, I have finally gotten a printer to be
> removed, and a new one installed. Excellent!
>
> There are a few problems you may want to know about:
>
> Testing printer pages to my NewGen TurboPS/880 Postscript Level 1
> printer doesn't work. They are sent, but nothing prints. This is with
> either the Generic PS, or the Apple Laserwriter NTX, or the 880.PPD
> (file attached) drivers. None of the three actually print a test page.
> It seems that they are all being sent as PS Level 2 or 3, and my printer
> just will not accept anything above Level 1 PS.
>
> Also, if I try to print from let's say KWord, nothing will print either.
> The job is sent, the lights blink, but just dies.
>
> Another problem with KDE printing is the setup or *Properties* don't
> save even if you click the Save button. Specifically the A4 paper size
> is default. I can change it to Letter and hit Save, but when I go back
> in, it has changed back to A4.
>
> The funny thing is that, the test pages have never actually printed,
> even back many distro levels. But at least with the proper .ppd file
> installed, I could get printing to work from the kprinting app. Now not
> even that works.
>
> It seems that ALL printing may be sending in Level 2 or above PS, but
> this is just a guess as to what the problem is. Is it possible to add a
> button to Printerdrake as to what Level of PS printing is to be sent as?
>
> A separate problem within KDE Print Manager is that I can't remove or
> add a printer there directly.
>
> I have also attached a tar of a ton of NewGen PPDs, in case you want to
> add NewGen printers to the list.
>
>
> Bill Greenwood, Mdk Club member
>
> Reply or question directly to my email...
