johnson@EULER.JSC.NASA.GOV (Stan Johnson) (06/21/91)
This may have been answered before, but I can't find anything in my limited archives... Is there any good way to use Berkeley Print Spooling (lpr, etc) with a standard PostScript printer (we have an Abaton LaserScript, which emulates a PostScript printer in one of its modes). What I need is the appropriate filter(s) and printcap entries; I don't really want to use lp unless I have to. Actually, I couldn't get the printer set up in lp either (I would have thought "mkcentpr" would be the command to use, but it didn't have an option for PostScript; there was a man page for "mkPS", but the command was not on our system). Thanks for any suggestions... -Stan Johnson NASA / Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058 (713) 483-4692 johnson@euler.jsc.nasa.gov
blbates@AERO36.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB") (06/21/91)
We use lpr all the time with out any problems. If you have a PostScript
file, you don't need any filters. Below is the printcap entry for our
HP laser printer and our Tektronix 4693D printer both are connected to
parallel ports, one on a 210VGX and the other on a 320VGX.
hp36|HP LaserJet III:\
:lp=/dev/cent:\
:sh:\
:sd=/usr/spool/hp36:
tek36|Tektronix 4693D:\
:lp=/dev/cent:\
:sd=/usr/spool/tek36:
We also have Transcript for text files and various utilities for
PostScript image files.
Brent L. Bates Phone:(804) 864-2854
NASA-Langley Research Center FAX:(804) 864-6792
M.S. 361
Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225
E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero8.larc.nasa.govjohnson@EULER.JSC.NASA.GOV (Stan Johnson) (06/21/91)
Brent Bates writes... >From: "Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB" <blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov> > We use lpr all the time with out any problems. If you have a PostScript >file, you don't need any filters. Below is the printcap entry for our >HP laser printer and our Tektronix 4693D printer both are connected to >parallel ports, one on a 210VGX and the other on a 320VGX. > ...<stuff deleted.>... > We also have Transcript for text files and various utilities for >PostScript image files. > > Brent L. Bates Phone:(804) 864-2854 > NASA-Langley Research Center FAX:(804) 864-6792 > M.S. 361 > Hampton, Virginia 23665-5225 > E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero8.larc.nasa.gov I probably should have been more specific. We do need a filter for the PostScript printer so that we can print regular text and so that the banner page output by lpr is handled correctly. I may be missing something obvious, but it seems to me that the appropriate filters should have been included with our Documenter's Workbench software to allow PostScript printers to be used equally well with either AT&T or BSD Print Spooling. Are there any solutions other than buying Transcript or some other package? (i.e. something cheap that will fit into my end-of-the-fiscal-year zero-dollar budget)? Again, thanks for any and all suggestions.. -Stan Johnson NASA / Johnson Space Center Houston, TX 77058 (713) 483-4692 johnson@euler.jsc.nasa.gov