Check the filter. Since magicfilter doesn't support the bjc600, I had to
choose another printer and then edit the "sDEVICE=" line(s) in the filter
to specify the bjc600 gs driver. It works fine for my MPC2500, which
prints like a bjc4000.
Bob
On Wed, 18 Mar 1998, dyer wrote:
>
>
> Rich Sahlender wrote:
>
> > > Could someone tell me how to setup my printcap for a bjc4000 printer.
> > > I'm a newbie, so please be gentle. I need to be able to print
> > > ghostscript files.
> >
> > I use a bjc600 as follows:
> >
> > In /etc/printcap :
> >
> > lp:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp1:\
> > :if=/etc/filter.bjc600:\
> > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
> > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sh:
> >
> > And in /etc/filter.bjc600 :
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > /usr/bin/gs -q \
> > -sDEVICE=bjc600 \
> > -r360x360 \
> > -sPAPERSIZE=letter \
> > -dNOPAUSE \
> > -dSAFER \
> > -sOutputFile=- -
> >
> > I suspect this should also work for a 4000, assuming it's a /dev/lp1...
> >
> > Regards,
> > Rich
> >
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>
> Rich,Thanks for the reply. Still having probs. It seems like it should
> work, (doesn't it always?) but I'm still getting garbage while printing gs.
> ASCII works, and even the top of the .ps file prints some legible chars.
> %!PS - Adobe-2.0
> %%Creator: ........blah, blah
> %%Title: ......blah
> and a few more lines
> then,
> %%BeginProcSet: tex.pro
> then a bunch of garbage.
>
> Anybody got some insight?
> thanks,
> Phil Dyer
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