postscript printing

[Vanita Sawalkar]

I would like to take print from mozilla and Acrobat. I am giving command
#lp -d printername -o BSDo file
but it is printing only codes not proper printing.

[Bill Hassell]

Mozilla and Acrobat only produce Postscript printer codes, not plain ASCII, so you must direct these jobs to a Postscript printer. The vast majority of printers know how to print ASCII (not Postscript) and extensions to ASCII like PCL. Many printers have the option to add a Postscript module and some printers only work with Postscript. There is no simple way to convert Postscript to ASCII or PCL without downloading a filter program.

[Howard Marshall]

If your printer understands post script, your OK, all you have to do is send it to the printer using raw or postscript options instead of through the lp spooler filter

You will have to see which, if either, your printer interface supports. Check the options processing section of the file /etc/lp/interface/printername

If it doesn't, you may have to try to find an interface that does or perhaps even write one your self.

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[Bill Thorsteinson]

CUPS (Common UNIX Printing System) works
by filtering the printjob and generating
output for the approprite device.
It uses postscript as its standard
intermediate format. It will output
in the correct format for a wide variety
of printers.

It should solve your problem.