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From: stockett@earth.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu (Jeffrey Stockett)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Sun Screendump to Postscript Printer
Keywords: Screendump Postscript
Message-ID: <29@earth.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu>
Date: 11 Jun 91 17:59:48 GMT
Organization: Applied Research Labs, University of Texas; Austin, TX
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I need to take the output of screendump on a Sun Sparc IPC and output it
to a postscript printer.  I realize that you are suppose to be able
to type something like this and have it work but it doesn't:

	screendump | lpr -Plw -v

	This responds with the error message that no -v output device exists
which is true.  How do you configure just a vanilla postscript printer
to handle raster files?  (I suppose you modify the /etc/printcap file
but how?)

I tried using the Utah Raster toolkit with options something like this

	screendump | rasfilter8to1 -rgba50 | rastorle | rletops > file.ps

and everything worked fine and dandy, but the file turned out to be 
over 8MB of postscript text!  This isn't good when you're connected to the
printer at 9600 bps.

I hope that someone of you graphics gurus has solved this problem by
using encapsulated postscript or something.  Any help will be greatly
appreciated.


Thanks in advance,



Jeffrey M. Stockett

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