Re: Printing under hamm
The ljet4ml-filter passes postscript files directly to the printer, not
via ghostscript. ljet4m-filter might be a better choice (600 dpi
conversion of non-postscript input to postscript), however.
Bob
On Mon, 14 Sep 1998, XRD Lab wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently installed hamm on one of my machines. I am now having some
> trouble getting the ps files printed on a HP Laserjet 4MP, which is a
> postcript printer. Under the earlier bo setup, the /etc/printcap file
> contained an entry for the Generic Dot Matrix printer (which I think
> is the default). I had not changed it and was happily printing the
> psotscript files with the command
>
> lpr file.ps
>
> After installing hamm, the /etc/printcap file is identical. But the
> above command does not print anything (if it does, it is some two
> lines of characters spaced 'randomly'). Is this behaviour expected?
> How do I get the system to print ps files properly on my psotscript
> printer? As a fix, I installed magicfilter and am using 4ml driver to
> print the ps files. A naive question here --- Does using some gs
> drivers to print ps files on a ps printer result in any loss of
> quality, etc?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions/help.
>
> sridhar
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