Re: Magicfilter and printing (Epson stylus 400)
Quoting virtanen (hvirtane@cc.jyu.fi):
>
> When switching to slink I purchased a cheap Epson Stylus color 400 and
> installed 'magicfilter'.
>
> As being new to 'magicfilter' it took some time to find out that I
> have to run 'magicfilterconfig' to get it working at all.
>
> Now I managed to get the printer printing text-files perfectly just by
> selecting the right device while configuring.
>
> What about printing ps-files and other kind of files? Should I write
> myself ps-filter or how is done with 'magicfilter'? (The man page isn't
> very clear and in the docs there is almost nothing about it.)
Usually the postscript filter is the first or second item in
/etc/magicfilter/foobar. Just make sure you've got, say, gs-aladdin
installed and then try lpr some-ps-file.ps assuming it's on lp in
/etc/printcap.
Cheers,
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