On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Pierre Sarrazin wrote: > 1. What is the precise incantation to ask Ghostscript to print a > postscript file to my Brother HL-660 laser printer? I used to be > able to do this in the past, but I can't remember the options.
You could consider to install magicfilter: : Magicfilter is a customizable, extensible automatic printer filter. It uses : its own magic database (a la file(1)) to decide how to print out an given : entry. So, if you print a PS file (i.e., a file starting with %!) via lpr, it automatically calls gs with thje right parameters. > I tried something like > gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 foo.ps > but I only get this: > > Loading NimbusMonL-Regu font from > /usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts/n022003l.pfb... 1750128 432798 1300076 11891 > 0 done. > Try something like gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -dNOPAUSE -q -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 -c quit or, even better, gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -dNOPAUSE -q -sOutputFile=\|lpr -c quit -dNOPAUSE: gs does not stop after each page -q: suppresses some messages like -c quit: automatically exits at the end of the job -sOutputFile=\|program: sends the output to program using a pipe Ciao, Marco -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
