[Xprint] HP Deskjet 870 model config files and color problems

[Drew Parsons]

On Sun, 2006-10-22 at 23:36 -0700, orangevixen at wolfsinger.com wrote:
> On 2006.10.22 02:59 Drew Parsons wrote:
> 
> > You'll need to find out what is controlling lpr. It might be lprng for
> > instance. It will have some config files somewhere, where you will be
> > able to define the preprocessor ( the gs command).
> 
> I looked through the configuration of my lpr and it looks like it simply 
> takes the .ps file generated by X Print and sends it directly to the 
> printer. The problem is that no where in the lpr manual page does it say I 
> can apply a postscript filter.
> 
> I'm afraid I don't use CUPS, I tried to last year but I could not get it 
> working and I'm not that fluent in administration (I'm a 
> ergonmist/programmer). I also was not able to find out what controls lpr, 
> I think X Print calls lpr directly, at least that is what I have set up in 
> the attributes/printer
> 
> I'll try and look to see where I can insert a call to gs somewhere past 
> the lpr process but I DOUBT I can figure it out on my own so if you have 
> any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it! *grin*

There would be some clues under the LPD section at linuxprinting.org.
It's related to the if= entry in /etc/printcap but I haven't used it in
a long while so I can't help more than that.  I might suggest giving
CUPS another try, did you try using the webbrowser gui for it last time?

Drew