michi@anvil.oz (Michael Henning) (05/11/89)
We would like to connect an NEC Silentwriter (Postscript laser printer) to our RT running AIX 2.2.1. The standard printer backends delivered with AIX cannot cope with Postscript. Does anyone out there know whether it is possible to get a Postscript printer going under AIX, or has actually managed to do that ? We want to be able to access the printer through programs which generate their own Postscript, as well as print normal text files for program listings and use troff. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated, thanks a lot, Michi. -- | The opinions expressed are my own, not those of my employer. | | | | Michael (Michi) Henning | | - We have three Michaels here, that's why they call me Michi |
rune@dgsi.UUCP (Rune ) (05/16/89)
in article <458@anvil.oz>, michi@anvil.oz (Michael Henning) says: > ....... Does anyone out there know whether it is > possible to get a Postscript printer going under AIX, or has actually > managed to do that ? We want to be able to access the printer through > programs which generate their own Postscript, as well as print normal > text files for program listings and use troff. I have been using the Transcript software from Adobe to convert normal ascii files and troff CAT output to postscript. If you then use the AIX printer backend (piobe) with the '-plot' flag to disable all backend processing, postscript files are transfered directly to the printer, and prints just fine. You can also set up your own shell script as a printer backend, automatically detect postscript, troff of normal ascii files and do the appropriate translation to postscript before passing them on to the printer (through piobe). This is what I do, and it works fine. Rune Riisnaes SysScan A.S., Hovik, Norway. Email: uunet!mcvax!ndosl!syssosl!rr