[TriLUG] printing a .ps file

[Roy Vestal]

Not necessarily true. Depends on the Model HP. Most, yes, but some of the
older ones either do not support PS without a PS cartridge, or limited PS
fonts. Case in point, I have an old HP LJ III that doesn't do PS.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Tate" <jtate at dragonstrider.com>
To: <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 12:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] printing a .ps file


> Whatever you need to do to get it into the printer cue.  If for example
> it was a lpr system, I would just cat something.ps | lpr or simply lpr
> something.ps.  LaserJets are postscript printers so you don't need to go
> through any application to print postcript files.  You may even be able
> to "cat somethin.ps > /dev/lpt1" or wherever your printer is connected.
>  I don't have experience with cups though, but it should be simple.
>
> Geoff Purdy wrote:
>
> >Is Ghostview ( http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ ) what you need?
> >
> >
> >
> >>From: Greg <gregbrown at mindspring.com>
> >>Date: 2003/02/03 Mon AM 11:53:05 EST
> >>To: trilug at trilug.org
> >>Subject: [TriLUG] printing a .ps file
> >>
> >>Hey all.  I have a RH 8.0 machine with a LaserJet configured with CUPS.
> >>What is the best utility to use to print .ps postscript files?  Man -k
> >>postscript vomited back nothing very useful..
> >>
> >>Greg
> >>
> >>
> >>
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