Re: printer setup -- ghostview

[Chris Albertson <calbertson logicon com>]

George,

Assume your printer is called "lp".  then go to /var/spool/lpd/lp and look
at the file postscript.cfg  Mine looks like this:

#
# configuration related to postscript printing
# generated automatically by PRINTTOOL
# manual changes to this file may be lost
#
GSDEVICE=POSTSCRIPT
RESOLUTION=300x300
COLOR=
PAPERSIZE=letter
EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS=""
REVERSE_ORDER=
PS_SEND_EOF=NO


To figure this out you look at the IF: line in the /etc/printcap file
and follow the "self documenting code".  You will see that the filter
sources the above file.


George Priest wrote:
> 
> I have an OLD Panasonic KX-P4410 Laser printer.  It seems to be completely
> compatible with HPIIP printer drivers, but unfortunately it only has .5
> megs of memory.  I have Ghostscript 5.50 for Win98 and it has a driver for
> HPIIP at 150 X 150 resolution and it prints fine.  (O.K., postscript at 150
> X 150 sucks, but I can't get any more memory or a new printer at the
> moment.)  I also have the most recent version of Ghostscript for Linux
> (5_50-3),
> BUT lowest resolution allowed by the Red Hat print tool is 300 x 300.  Can
> anyone tell me how to modify the printcap file (or some other file or
> something) so that I can get 150x150 dpi under Linux?
> 
> Thanks for anyone's help.
> 
> George Priest
> geopriest foxinternet net
> 
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