Wayne Maeda wrote: >>>As a general note, printing to PS 2 level lasers sometimes can be >>>very slow from DTP apps. I've seen this with both Quark 4 and 5, >>>as well as PM 7. DTP apps in general create more complex PS >>>output than other apps. >>> >>> >>Is there easy workaround? The publications can be sent to press >>house for final printing, however I wish it is possible to alway >>print a draft on my LaserJet. Don't you creat draft on a desktop >>printer by chance just to see how it looks like? :-) >> >>Thank you:) >> >> > >When I can't print from Scribus I export it as an eps file and use >ghostscript from the command line: > >gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=lj5mono -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dDITHERPPI=100 >-r1200 -sOUTPUTFILE=\|lpr yourfile.eps -c quit > >You will have to adjust the -sDEVICE= to your own printer; I use a HP >Laserjet 1300. > >
Just wanna know: are you sure this works on ps level 2 printers? Just FYI: I workarouded this problem by using ps2ps (detail see bug 0001047 <http://bugs.scribus.net/bug_view_advanced_page.php?bug_id=0001047> )
