Re: [tlug] CJK Printing from Web Browsers in Centos 4.2

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On 11/15/05, Matt Gushee <matt@example.com> wrote:

> Josh Glover wrote:
>
> > CUPS printer config. Try setting CUPS to render everything in
> > Postscript Level 2 before sending it to the printer.
>
> As opposed to what--Postscript Level 1?

Or no pre-rendering whatsoever, apparently.

> I'm not trying to argue, just curious about the process. It sounds like
> this is supposed to work whether or not you have an actual PostScript
> printer. So if you have, say, a PCL printer, does CUPS render the output
> to PS Level 2, then send it to a filter that converts to PCL? If so, it
> seems awfully roundabout. Is there no simpler way to do it?

No. This only works with the CUPS/Foomatic Postscript driver, which
uses Ghostscript to handle the Postscript. Other drivers behave
differently.

-Josh