RE: tlug: printer problems

[Scott Stone <sstone@example.com>]

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Christopher Sekiya wrote:

> On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote:
> 
> > If I were you, I'd ask, but you're unlikely to get an answer to,
> > "Will this print postscript under Linux?" I've got an HP Deskjet
> > 560J that refuses to print anything other than ACSII w/Linux -
> > and I've tried every filter known to HP to try and get Netscrape
> > to print - no joy. I've heard similar stories with other HP
> > printers bought in Japan.
> 
> Hmmm.  The last time I checked, HP printers spoke PCL -- not PS unless
> there was a P tacked onto the end of the model number.  Therefore, as your
> printer doesn't have a P on the end, it doesn't speak PS.
> 
> Have you tried ghostscript?
> 
> (If I'm completely out to lunch on this, disregard ... )

well, he did say, "I've tried every filter known to HP", which usually
implies ghostscript... although have you (original poster) tried
recompiling ghostscript?  Many standard binary distributions of it don't
enable all the printer drivers that gs can support.

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