apsfilter - printing black strips instead of words from abiword

[Mark Devin <mdevin@ozemail.com.au>]

I am not sure where to post this problem, but I am getting very
frustrated.  I have been trying to fix this for the last 2 days.

I have installed:
apsfilter 6.0.0-1
gs-aladdin 6.5.0-3
lprng 3.7.4-2

I have: Canon BJC-4200 on a local parallel port (/dev/printers/0).  I
ran the apsfilterconfig script and it changed my /etc/printcap file as
follows:
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Tue Feb 27 11:23:11 EST 2001
#
#
ascii|lp1|bjc600-a4-ascii-mono|bjc600 ascii mono:\
        :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono/acct:\
        :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-ascii-mono:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:
#
lp2|bjc600-a4-auto-mono|bjc600 auto mono:\
        :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono/acct:\
        :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-auto-mono:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:
#
lp3|bjc600-a4-ascii-color|bjc600 ascii color:\
        :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color/acct:\
        :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-ascii-color:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:
#lp|lp4|bjc600-a4-auto-color|bjc600 auto color:\
        :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color/acct:\
        :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-auto-color:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:
#
raw|lp5|bjc600-a4-raw|bjc600 auto raw:\
        :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw:\
        :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw/log:\
        :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw/acct:\
        :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-raw:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:
# APS1_BEGIN:printer1
# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
bjc4200|Printer1 auto:\
    :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
    :if=/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc4200:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc4200/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc4200/acct:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sh:
raw1|Printer1 raw:\
    :lp=/dev/printers/0:\
    :if=/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/raw1:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/raw1/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/raw1/acct:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sf:\
    :sh:
# APS1_END - don't delete this

Now, I can print from Netscape OK with the following command in the
print dialog box:
lpr -P bjc4200 ---> this prints perfectly
I can also print from files like this:
man apsfilter | lpr -P bjc4200  ---> This prints OK also.

However, when I try to print from abiword then I get only thick black
strips where the words should be.  And it doesn't matter what font I use
in abiword either.  The same happens if I ask abiword to print to a file
and then later send the file to the printer.

Any suggestions where I may be going wrong?