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In article <1992Nov3.145047.1646@u.washington.edu> garrett@lib.washington.edu (Adam Garrett) writes:
<In article <1992Nov2.150559.49811@ccvax.ucd.ie>, bradshaw@ccvax.ucd.ie writes:
<> We have a HP Laserjet IIIP mounted on our Sun SPARCStation
<> (on /dev/ttya), with postscript emulation provided via a
<> Pacific Page P.E. cartridge. Since the printer can only 
<> operate in PCL or Postscript but not both, we have sought
<> to incorporate a filter in our /etc/printcap which will
<> determine the document type, and send an escape sequence
<> to switch the printer into the appropriate mode. This we
<> have achieved .... except for an infuriating problem which
<> occurs when going from postscript to PCL. Our input filter
<> having determined the document type, executes one of the 
<> CBRADH89@IRLEARN.UCD.IE> BRADSHAW@CCVAX.UCD.IE
<
<Why don't you get Adobe's Transcript package?
<
<     "The TRANSCRIPT package is a suite of UNIX programs that enable
<UNIX systems to access state-of-the-art POSTSCRIPT printers.  The
<TRANSCRIPT package transforms UNIX documents and graphics files into
<POSTSCRIPT format."
<
<I have the same printer and printer cartridge that you do, except I am
<running a DECstation 5000/200.

I have a better cheaper idea, get NeWSprint.  It will even print PostScript
to the printer when it isn't using the PS cartridge (it rasterizes the Post-
Script to HPCL image mode).  NeWSprint is only $695 list, much cheaper than
the $1-2k that TranScript is, plus it works with HP printers without a PS
cartridge.
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