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From: luism@genesis.Berkeley.EDU (Luis Miguel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Looking for Postscript printer interface script
Keywords: HP9000/300-cluster, serial printer, interface script
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Date: 26 Apr 91 00:39:24 GMT
References: <1666@gufalet.let.rug.nl>
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In article <1666@gufalet.let.rug.nl>, bert@let.rug.nl (Bert Bos) writes:
|> 
|> We recently installed a HP laserjet IIP (33471AB) with HP Postscript
|> cartridge in our 9000/300 cluster. It hangs off the serial port of one
|> of the diskless nodes. We managed to print Postscript files only by
|> stripping down the interface script to its bare minimum: no options,
|> no banners, no resets.
|> 
|> What is the proper way to do this? Does anybody have a working script
|> ("/usr/spool/lp/interface/postscript" or something) or some
|> suggestions? It seems a postscript printer doesn't accept anything
|> that isn't postscript, not even plain text.
|> 
|> Please e-mail.

You can either buy the "transcript" interface from Adobe (this is what I have),
or try your luck with a public domain system called "ghostscript",
available by anon ftp from jaguar.utah.edu.

/Luis

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