Re: HELP: Printing in Wordperfect8
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Albert Hurd wrote:
> I am having trouble printing in WP8. I have a Lexmark Optra R+ set to lp
> using Printer Create/Edit , then Setup, then Destination. When I click
> on Print, WP says the print job has been queued but the printer does not
> get fed the file. When I try again, WP queues the file a second time.
> When I invoke lpq, it reports the queue empty. My printcap file is
>
> lp|lex|lex|Lexmark OptraR+:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lex:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :if=/usr/sbin/ps600-filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> The fact that I am a newbie probably explains my difficulty. By the
> way, my 30 day licence is expired but WP8 continues on by clicking
> Cancel at opening screen.
I don't have WP8, but with WP7, I set it up to use a Postscript printer (I
used Apple Laserwriter IINT) with the destination as "lp". This get
routed to the printer through magicfilter and prints as expected using gs.
I think that selecting a non-postscript printer in WP requires that you
send the raw output directly to the printer, not through magicfilter.
hth,
Bob
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