Re: Problems with Linux Printing Queue
From: Andy Baxter (news2_at_earthsong.null.free-online.co.uk)
Date: 10/03/03
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Date: Thu, 02 Oct 2003 23:57:16 +0100
Morenga wrote:
> Hello World !
>
> I have RedHat Linux version 8.x installed on an older PC with an Epson
> Stylus Color printer
> connected via the parralel port. Now that printer is *not* a postscript
> printer, yet even so
> the print spool control program always insists on using PS filters on it.
> More precise, even the "Print Test Page" insists on sending a postscript
> page to the printer.
> That in turn causes the printer to spew out tons of goobledigug pages.
>
> Most other programs won't print out anything at all.
> Specially the WordProcessor also insists on printing out to a postscript
> device only.
>
> Now how can I get a (none-ps) print queue working here that all programs
> will have access to?
>
> Thanks in advance for any help
> Morenga
>
> PS: This is actually my cousin's machine and he is *not* a cmd line/shell
> script junkie.
> Even so I know my way around, any proposed solution has to be simple
> and
> easy to use
> (from the desktop).
I've had better results with lprng and lprngtool to configure it, than with
standard lpr and printtool, if that helps.
andy.
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