The shortest postscript I know to test a printer: %! newpath clippath stroke showpage
It will draw a line around the page clipping path (i.e., the outer most edge the printer can print at). Sean PS That’s also short enough to type at a printer if you connect to it with ’nc’. :-) > On Aug 2, 2022, at 06:11, Ben Hancock <b...@benghancock.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Aug 2022 02:09:37 -0400 > gwes <g...@oat.com> wrote: > >> Are you sure that you're feeding the printer a valid postscript file? >> If there isn't something like >> (TimesRoman) findfont 48 scalefont setfont 200 300 moveto (text) show >> showpage >> nothing happens. > > I believe so. The two samples I've tried were generated with man and > enscript. I can open them both fine with ghostscript and zathura. > > - Ben
