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Subject: Has anyone succeed in printing postscript file using apsfilter ?
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From: wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C. Wong)
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 1994 00:27:41 GMT
Organization: Comp Sci, La Trobe Uni, Australia
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Hi,
   Under 1.1.5.1 and 1.1, I have been tying to get lpr to print postscript 
   files using apsfilter, but everytime, I got the jobs queued, and the spawned
   lpd coredump, as I can find a copy of lpd.core in the spool directory
   evertime I rm it and try again. The printer I use is HP Laserjet4L. When
   printing ascii file it is fine, haven't tried DVI and other files. Remote
   printing also works for ascii file only. I used lpr -v , and set up 
   /etc/printcap to have if=/usr/local/bin/apsfilter etc.
 
   Also, I have to changes apsfilter script to use #!/usr/gnu/bin/bash to
   get correct echo -e behaviour, otherwise, /bin/echo and echo in tcsh
   doesn't do so!
 
   Any idea appreciated, many thanks in advance.
 

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- wongm@latcs1.lat.oz.au (M.C Wong)

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