I received one main response on this, which enlightned
me.
But, in the meantime, printing the postscript problem
was fixed by gslp printing. Search the archives for
gslp script (5-6 line script, requires ghostscript to
be installed on your machine), it helped 'save the
day'.
**********Collin Walters wrote:*************
There is only limited support for the additional
features offered
by third party printers. (That is, printers supplied
by vendors
other than Compaq). The onus is on the printer vendor
to supply
a filter for their model, along with the correct
printcap
settings.
Many vendors do not supply filters for Digital (Tru64)
UNIX but
their filteres are often generic enough to work on
most models.
You should re-run lprsetup or printconfig and test the
different
hp* filters that we supply in /usr/lbin. Also, test
the
general-purpose
print filters such as pcfof. There is no guarantee
that all the printer
features are available when using these filters.
Another method is to look up the printer control
characters on the
HP web site and embed the appropriate escape sequences
in a file. You
can send the file to the printer to set it up for a
given job, or add
escape codes file that is to be printed. This
strategy usually enables
all the features on a given printer.
In recent releases we have added support for PPD
files, which works
for any printer supporting the PPD standard. See the
following URL
for an explanation of how they work:
http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/faqs/publications/best_practices/BP_3PPP/TIT
LE.HTM
Regards,
Colin Walters
Compaq UNIX Business Segment - Tru64 UNIX Publications
Group
System Administration Documentation
Nashua, NH USA Tel: 603-884-0440
http:\\www.zk3.dec.com\~walters (firewalled)
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-----Original Message-----
From: tru64-unix-managers-owner_at_ornl.gov
[mailto:tru64-unix-managers-owner_at_ornl.gov]On Behalf
Of Tru64 User
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 12:31 PM
To: tru64-unix-managers_at_ornl.gov
Subject: Postscript/Landscape Printing
Having problems printing .ps files and -Olandscape
(anyfile). Using DU 4.0F, and printer is Laserjet
HP8000DN. Printer is hooked up locally on lp0, and
here is my printcap portion for this printer, trying
to print to "fancy":
# Duplex printer in ###
degas|simplex:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sh:mx#0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/degas:\
:if=/opt/printfilter/bin/ifhp -Z simplex:\
:of=/opt/printfilter/bin/ofhp:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/degas/errorlog:
lp|fancy:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sh:mx#0:\
:if=/opt/printfilter/bin/lj8000-filter:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/fancy:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/fancy/errorlog:
duplex:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sh:mx#0:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/degas:\
:if=/opt/printfilter/bin/ifhp -Z duplex:\
:of=/opt/printfilter/bin/ofhp:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/degas/errorlog:
Problems:
1. When I send a .ps printjob regularly, thru regular
lpr command and Letter paper, I get "Can't select
requested paper size for Frame print job!"
So, I went ahead and did a manual feed for legal
paper.
Then it prints, but potrait. This way it chops of the
document both sides. Looks like it will fit right if I
print landscape. So I use "lpr -Olandscape filename",
it still comes out portrait.
2. Another postscript file, within a large document.
Using Ghostview (gv), and selecting "print
current/selected page", the following comes up:
ERROR: undefined
OFFENDING COMMAND: mF
STACK:
/Times-Roman
true
/Type1
/Times-Roman
0.905
/F0
When I print the whole document, there is no problem!!
(but it is a 30 page doc, and I only needed 1!!)
I will really appreciate all the hints I get can get.
I checked archives, found something about
:lp_at_aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd/hpjd and using
of=/usr/lbin/hplaserof:\
but since in my case this printer is hooked up to lp0,
I was not sure of how to cordinate this. Although it
is hooked up to lp0 on machine A, all other machines
access it as a network printer. I tried printing
remotely and locally, same results.
=====
Richard F. MollelSystems AdministratorSAIC
Greenbelt, MD Experience
is
what allows you to recognize a mistake the second
time you make it.
=====
Richard F. MollelSystems AdministratorSAIC Greenbelt, MD Experience is what allows you to recognize a mistake the second time you make it.
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Received on Thu Nov 30 2000 - 15:53:38 NZDT