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From: ed.lott@maf.nasa.gov (Ed. Lott)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: HP PCL printer drivers ?
Date: 13 Sep 1996 10:22:58 GMT
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In article <DxK0Eo.HLE@tigger.jvnc.net>, vikas@newsreader.jvnc.net 
says...
>
>I was wanting to attach a HP Deskjet series printer (without postscript)
>to my Unix machine. Are there any PCL printer drivers available on
>the net ? Any Postscript to PCL converters ? Or is Postscript the only
>language for getting 'troff' and 'latex' and other such output ?
>
>        -vikas
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Try installing ghostscript to do the postscript to hpgl conversion
and aps to set up your printcap properly. Then you can:

lpr tiger.ps etc..