lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (04/21/89)
I am currently accessing a postscript printer via some version of Transcript. My site has a frontend to it which allows me to run via flags several different frontends before the output going into lpr with various flags. This all runs under Ultrix 2.3. What I am hoping to find is some way to indicate to the printer that I only want to print pages m-n of a full postscript file that I am passing. It seems that the local frontend is running things thru pscat and then into the lpr. I know that isnt much help, but I am hoping that this will be enough info to get the ideas flowing. If this is a weekly type question, feel free to mail me the answer. But I HAVE been following rather quietly this newsgroup - perhaps something came thru that I missed? Lastly, when I try to submit large (more than 1 meg) postscript files, lpr on Ultrix appears to get quite unhappy. Is there any solution to that? Even smaller files often partially print at times - but that might be yet another problem... sigh. -- Larry W. Virden 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 75046,606 (CIS) ; LVirden (ALPE) ; osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (INTERNET) The world's not inherited from our parents, but borrowed from our children.
piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) (04/21/89)
In article <1022@n8emr.UUCP>, lwv@n8emr (Larry W. Virden) writes: ` `What I am hoping to find is some way to indicate to the printer that I only `want to print pages m-n of a full postscript file that I am passing. You could try to redefine showpage such that it only prints the selected pages. Try putting something like this in front of your file (Note: I have not tested this!!!) /count 0 def /pagemin m def /pagemax n def /showpage { /pagecount pagecount 1 add def pagecount pagemin ge pagecount pagemax le and { showpage } { erasepage initgraphics } ifelse } bind def Good luck! -- Piet van Oostrum, Dept of Computer Science, University of Utrecht Padualaan 14, P.O. Box 80.089, 3508 TB Utrecht, The Netherlands Telephone: +31-30-531806. piet@cs.ruu.nl (mcvax!hp4nl!ruuinf!piet)
cplai@daisy.UUCP (Chung-Pang Lai) (04/22/89)
In article <1022@n8emr.UUCP> lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) writes:
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]Lastly, when I try to submit large (more than 1 meg) postscript files, lpr
]on Ultrix appears to get quite unhappy. Is there any solution to that?
Try using the -s (symlink) option. -s is for large files so that the file
is symbolic linked instead of copied over. It is supposed to be faster
by eliminating the file duplication. Don't touch the file until everything
is printed.
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Daisy Systems Corp, 700B Middlefield Road, Mtn View CA 94039. (415)960-6961stevec@fornax.UUCP (Steve Cumming) (04/29/89)
In article <1267@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl>, piet@cs.ruu.nl (Piet van Oostrum) writes: > In article <1022@n8emr.UUCP>, lwv@n8emr (Larry W. Virden) writes: > ` > `What I am hoping to find is some way to indicate to the printer that I only > `want to print pages m-n of a full postscript file that I am passing. > > You could try to redefine showpage such that it only prints the selected > pages. > > [correct solution omitted] But Larry indicated that he was using Transcript software. In that case, the psrv and psrev utilities are available, and they do page selection. Simple changes to the Adpbe-supplied shell script psroff will accomodate you. Steve -- Steve Cumming stevec@lccr.cs.sfu.ca {uunet|...}!ubc-cs!fornax!stevec School of CS SFU (604) 291-4399 Everyone walk in brightness Vancouver, CDN Cause it's anew day. (M**2O'H)