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Re: printing in debian/unix is hard...



Dirk.Eddelbuettel@qed.econ.queensu.ca wrote:

> Narrr. I am quite happy with one simple entry in /etc/printcap, plus one
> gs_filter. All I print is in postscript (generated by genscript or dvipsk)
> and printed via gs. That I can simply say "print" in any application
> program.
> 

I have found that magicfilter is pretty handy for this stuff. It works for
all kinds of files, not just ps, plus it figures the file format and decides
how to make your printer print it on the fly.


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