[Xprint] HP PCL Printers.

[Phil Carinhas]

On Mon, Aug 23, 2004 at 09:03:50AM -0500, Thomas Dodd wrote:
> Phil Carinhas wrote:
> >printer: xp_ps_spooldir_HOME_Xprintjobs@:64
> That's the one. As mentioned by drew, it now goes to $HOME/Xprintjobs. 
> Didn't know that.
> 
> >respectively that dont speak postscript. Does Xprint pass the print job
> >to the lpd queue?
> 
> Yes. Xprint doesn't have a spooler, it uses the system spooler.
> 
> >  Thanks Thomas, I set up and tested all the lpd printers with lpr.
> >All work that way. I'm sure i have some old versions of xprint that I
> >need to upgrade.
> 
> How did you test with lpr? Where did the postscript file come form?
> Try printing to the above printer, whic will create a file in 
> $HOME/Xprintjobs. Start with a simple page, and work uop to more complex 
> pages.
 
   I tried 'lpr -P hp file.ps' to test, using the test.ps file from
   LPRng, or some other trivial PS file.

> That file should be viewable with gs or any other postscript viewer. 
> lprNG, just uses gs to convert the PS file to PCL for the printer, so if 
> gs can view it, lpr should print it. If not post that file.
 
   I can't seem to view the files coming from Tbird in gv, although i
   have verified by hand theat they are some sort of PS file. I'll try
   to post one later.

> I'm not sure what the mozilla print-to-file option does. It may not use 
> Xprint, but Xprintjobs does. BTW, the PDF version uses gs to do the 
> conversion.
 
  Thanks again,

   -Phil
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