topic Re: How to print postscript file? in Operating System - HP-UX

How to print postscript file?

zhaogui — Wed, 15 May 2002 06:41:20 GMT

I have a postscript file but don't know how to print it. When I type "file myfile", it shows "postscript file", When I print it, it just come out garbage.

Re: How to print postscript file?

Robin Wakefield — Wed, 15 May 2002 06:46:03 GMT

Hi,

Use the raw switch:

lp -dprinter -onb -oraw filename.ps

Rgds, Robin

Re: How to print postscript file?

Stefan Schulz — Wed, 15 May 2002 06:56:51 GMT

Hi,

this may be a dump question, but is your printer capable to print postscript directly?

If not than you have to convert this file to something your printer understands (like PCL or HPGL).

If your printer has an PS option this sounds like your modelscripts does something funny to the printjob. Bypass the modelscript with the raw option (lp -oraw ...)

Hope this helps

Regards Stefan

Re: How to print postscript file?

zhaogui — Wed, 15 May 2002 07:06:37 GMT

Thank you for your help. It works.

Re: How to print postscript file?

H.Merijn Brand (procura — Wed, 15 May 2002 09:13:57 GMT

I know I'm late in this, but for those that want to print/preview postscript and/or do not have a postscript printer, consider using the combination of Ghostscript/Ghostview, available from http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/PostScript/

Ghostscript = gs: http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/PostScript/gs-5.10/
Ghostview = gv: http://hpux.tn.tudelft.nl/hppd/hpux/PostScript/gv-3.5.8/

Don't use 'ghostview' which is hopelessly antiquated