You might be able to use GhostScript to convert everything to PS Level 1
on the way to the printer. This would require either a custom PPD file
or custom interface script.
-Norm
Gary Gendel wrote:
> I've got an old workhorse printer that still works great, a "IBM" Lexmark
> 4039 10R. Unlike the "plus" version of this unit, this only does PostScript
> Level 1. From what I can gather, level 1 is no longer supported in the
> current print system. Is this right?
>
> I've gotten things to work somewhat by declaring it a 4029 printer that uses
> PCL5. Unfortunately, this printer has an issue when auto-switching from PS
> mode to PCL5 mode and messes up the first page unless I manually switch it
> before printing from OpenSolaris.
>
> Is there a method to support PostScript level 1 printers or am I stuck?
>
> Thanks,
> Gary
>
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