Quoting Jose L Gomez Dans ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hi! > I got hold of an HP 890C colour deskjet printer. However, I can't > print to it. I'm using the hpdj driver in gs-aladdin 5.50, and according to > the man page, it should print flawlessly. I am aware that other drivers are > available for this printer, but this would need a re-compilation of > ghostscript, and I haven't got the time (or the hard drive, for that > matter!) to do this. > > Does anyone have any suggestions onto this one? Since I don't > usually use this printer, I made a small filter that calls gs. This looks > like this: > #!/bin/sh > #A filter for the HP 890C > /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColourMode=CMYK \ > -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- - > (the "\" is for your enjoyment :D) > > This script is used as follows: > cat file.ps | filter > file.dj, > which can then be printed by using either lpr or cat file.dj > /dev/lp0 (no > need to spool here so far). > > What comes out of this is a garbled output of one line of greek > symbols reminiscent of the days of dot matrix printers :)
I use one or two extra options with my 895c, but also run it through lpr/magic-filter so you'll have to extract the parameters from my gs-aladdin filter file: # PostScript 0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \ -r300 -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sMediaType=plain \ -sPrintQuality=draft -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - 3>&1 1>&2 0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \ -r300 -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sMediaType=plain \ -sPrintQuality=draft -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" - 3>&1 1>&2 # PDF 0 %PDF fpipe /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE \ -r300 -sDEVICE=hpdj -sModel=unspec -sColorMode=CMYK -sMediaType=plain\ -sPrintQuality=draft -sOutputFile=\|"cat 1>&3" $FILE 3>&1 1>&2 I find the dj550c filter suggested earlier is far too inky. Change draft to normal or best (and set up two queues) if you find draft is *too* light. The last saves a lot of ink, though. (One day I'll sit down and try to parse all that output redirection!) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
