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Postscript printing request

#506
From: Thomas W Moore
Date: Thu, 09 Apr 1992 12:53
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Having a NeXT printer that isn't being utilized that much, I decided that its
400 DPI would be very nice to use a network printer.  So after tinkering with
/etc/hosts.lpd on the NeXT and /etc/printcap on the other systems on the 
network, I can now use utilities like lpr to send files to be printed (in
courier 10pt :-( ).

But trying to get a program such as WordPerfect on the Suns to actually print
has been something else.  Each time I print a document on Sun, the NeXT 
printer gives me:

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

WARNING:  Unable to convert document to Postscript

Printer:  Local_Printer
User:  root
Host:  sitzmark
Filter:  "pcsf" not available

This filter needs to be installed and the appropriate shell scripts need to
be edited.  For the NeXT 400 dpi Laser Printer edit /usr/lib/NextPrinter/comm.
For other Postscript printers edit /usr/lib/transcript/psint.sh.  Contact your
system administrator for assistance.

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

When I did an ls -l of the /usr/lib/NextPrinter directory, pcsf is there but
is linked to /usr/lib/NextPrinter/comm.  

So what do I need to do (besides sacrafice something to the Bit Bucket Gods)
to get the NeXT to print "foreign" postscipt files?

E-mail to twm3@world.std.com is fine.  If there is sufficient interest, I shall
post a summary in a few days.

TIA,

-Tom
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!world!twm3
From: twm3@world.std.com (Thomas W Moore)
Subject: Postscript printing request
Message-ID: <BMFyH2.Ku4@world.std.com>
Keywords: remote printing, postscript, pscf
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1992 12:53:25 GMT