Re: Printing problem

[Stephan Engelke <engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de>]

Hi Y'all,

On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 07:51:10AM -0500, Paul Miller wrote:
> Isabelle Poueriet wrote:
> > 
> > lp|hplj4l|HP Laserjet 4L:\
> >         :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\
> >         :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> >         :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4m-filter:\
> >         :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> > 
> Why use a printfilter? As far as I know, all HP LaserJets have built in
> support for postscript. 

no, they do not all come with PS support!  Especially the L-series
"doesn't do Postscript"!

I do not use magicfilter myself, but is it possible, that the filter
which is being used only accepts Postscript files.
If so, try to run the text file through a2ps or enscript first.

So long -- Stephan
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Stephan Engelke                                    engelke@math.uni-hamburg.de
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