Correct device name for printing a PDF from Ghostview
Igor Peshansky
pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu
Mon Feb 27 17:23:00 GMT 2006
On Mon, 27 Feb 2006, Keith Christian wrote:
> Igor Peshansky wrote:
> > 'lpr -P "hp officejet 6100 series"' (yes, with the double quotes) should
> > work.
> > Igor
>
> Hi Igor,
>
> Thanks - almost there - The Officejet printer printed raw Postscript
> commands instead of the document. For example, the first line of the
> printout was:
>
> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
> %%Pages: (atend)
> %%BoundingBox: 1 49 594 747
> ...etc...etc..etc..etc...
>
> Other suggestions appreciated.
Ah, right. lpr just sends the raw output to the printer -- you need to
add a filter of some sort. Unfortunately, I can't think of the exact way
right now -- I just know it's possible. Perhaps someone else will chime
in with a solution.
Igor
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