[X-Unix] printing question.

[William H. Magill]

On 29 Feb, 2004, at 21:12, Warren Pollans wrote:
> Thanks, that makes sense.
>
> I installed "ESP Ghostscript 7.05" to no avail  :(
>
> How do I tell lpr/lp to use gs?
>
> On Sunday, Feb 29, 2004, at 18:21 US/Eastern, Alex wrote:
>> On Sunday, Feb 29, 2004, at 13:49 Canada/Eastern, Warren Pollans 
>> wrote:
>>> THE PROBLEM:  I can have a2ps print to a file (postscript) - and 
>>> view and print that file from MacGhostview.  HOWEVER, I can't print 
>>> that file via lpr from the commandline - or directly using a2ps 
>>> (print to default printer instead of file) - PrintCenter shows no 
>>> activity.
>>
>> Sounds like you need a PostScript interpreter. See 
>> <http://www.cups.org/ghostscript.php>.

Can you print ANYTHING from lpr --- like "lpr /etc/hostconfig" ?

Pre cups (which appeared first in 10.? -- I forget which release), lpr 
does not work "out of the box."
You could print from the Mac OS X interface with no problem, but not 
from lpr.

As for the "default printer," you have to define it. There is no 
"default printer" by default. (lpr, was simply not configured by the 
old printer setup utility.)

It all "just works" when you upgrade to Panther.


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