Re: HP LaserJet 5MP setup?

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From: Mirko Fluher
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 1996 00:00

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In <4so494$dn4@mulga.cs.mu.OZ.AU> lucpb@ecr.mu.oz.au (Lucien_Philip BOLAND) writes:

>Hi all,

>I was wondering if anyone has had direct experience in setting up the
>HP 5MP LaserJet under Linux.  I have read HOWTO, etc.. but still have
>difficulty printing text directly, and PS files always have a garbage
>(although only one page with two lines on it!) page before they come out.

>Have tried no headers, and a few other options, but if anyone has been
>successfull in getting a nice setup a few words of advice would be greatly
>appreciated.

You cannot print text directly to a postscript printer. You need a tool
to translate text to postscript format. A nice one is: 'genscript'.
(from man)  'genscript - convert text files to PostScript' 

As for ps files, 'lpr myfile.ps' should be fine.

Cheers,

-- 
Mirko Fluher 			APANA Membership Database Co-ordinator
http://pax.apana.org.au		PGP Public key: finger pgp@pax.apana.org.au
Australian Public Access Network Association	http://www.apana.org.au

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