On 25-Oct-99 Steve Dixon wrote:
> so, is there any solution to this problem? i tried just commenting out
> the parts of magic that were causing the problem but then i just get
> empty sheets of paper.
An excellent solution is knowing what kind of file it is in the first
place (either personally or implicitly by virtue of what the software
generates), and arranging printing accordingly.
All my printing (except occasionally to a Stylus Colour) is to a
PostScript printer, and lpr simply feeds the file to the printer.
If it's not a PS file, then it's converted beforehand. E.g. for an
ASCII file the print command is "list" which is a script which
filters the file through enscript:
"list file" == "enscript ... file | lpr"
And so on. On the other hand, to print a colour PS file there is
a script which converts it (using ghostscript) to Stylus Colour
code and then it can be printed with
lpr -Pbaby file.stc
where "baby" is the remote machine to which the colour printer is
connected. Again, "lpr" just sends the file straight through.
I've never understood the _need_ to use magicfilter etc.; and I've always
considered it risky (on grounds which have emerged in the other mails).
Granted, it's convenient when it works, but I don't find the above direct
approach inconvenient either, so why bother with the other? (Unless you
regard being aware of what you're doing as inconvenient).
Ted.
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Date: 25-Oct-99 Time: 23:36:42
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