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From: blbates@AERO36.LARC.NASA.GOV ("Brent L. Bates ViGYAN AAD/TAB")
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Berkeley Print Spooling and PostScript Printers
Message-ID: <9106211507.AA06374@aero36.larc.nasa.gov>
Date: 21 Jun 91 15:07:24 GMT
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  We use lpr all the time with out any problems.  If you have a PostScript
file, you don't need any filters.  Below is the printcap entry for our
HP laser printer and our Tektronix 4693D printer both are connected to
parallel ports, one on a 210VGX and the other on a 320VGX.

hp36|HP LaserJet III:\
        :lp=/dev/cent:\
        :sh:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/hp36:

tek36|Tektronix 4693D:\
       :lp=/dev/cent:\
       :sd=/usr/spool/tek36:

  We also have Transcript for text files and various utilities for
PostScript image files.

  Brent L. Bates				Phone:(804) 864-2854
  NASA-Langley Research Center			  FAX:(804) 864-6792
  M.S. 361
  Hampton, Virginia  23665-5225
  E-mail: blbates@aero36.larc.nasa.gov or blbates@aero8.larc.nasa.gov