Re: adding a printer

From: Allan Adler (ara_at_nestle.csail.mit.edu)
Date: 06/29/05

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    Peter Greff <pgusenet@despammed.com> writes:

    > HP printer drivers are available from http://hpinkjet.sourceforge.net. One
    > precondition to use them is a ghostscript version that was compiled with
    > "ijs" support. "gs -h" will give you a list of supported drivers.
    >
    > If your gs version supports "ijs" drivers, go to the mentioned project site
    > and download the sources. My version of hpijs is 1.7.1 (dated October 2004).
    > Then unpack the tarball and follow the instructions in "hpijs-readme.html"
    > e.g. point 6.3. There you find installation instructions for Red Hat's
    > printtool.
    > If your gs version does not support "ijs" drivers, you can
    > compile your own gs version from source.

    I have gs 5.50 running under RH 7, which doesn't have ijs support. I found
    a version of hpijs at sourceforge that is supposed to work with gs 5.50 under
    RH 7 and downloaded it. I'll see if I can figure out how to install it. 

    -- 
Ignorantly,
Allan Adler <ara@zurich.csail.mit.edu>
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