Problem printing TeX output with Ghostscript on DJ500 solved

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From: Thomas Koenig
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:20

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In article <1jgi10INNqhi@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>, I wrote:

>At the moment, I use a somewhat laborious route to print my TeX output:
>I run my dvi files through dvips, the resulting postscript files through
>Ghostscript with DeskJet 500 output to a file, then finally I cat that
>file to /dev/lp1.  (No, I have not installed a printer daemon yet).
>
>This works, sort of, except that the output looks truly horrible because
>a lot of bits seem to get dropped, resulting in both little white
>recangles where there are supposed to be none and parts of letters
>being too thin.

I've got it working now:  I replaced the output "dj500" with "deskjet".  The
reason may have been a corrupt ghostscript binary in the SLS.  Thanks to
Peter Jesinger (zrsjp01@zmcipdec1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de) for pointing
this simple solution out.
-- 
Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet
The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
diagram.

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From: ig25@fg20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
Subject: Problem printing TeX output with Ghostscript on DJ500 solved
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