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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:	DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:	Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:	SMURF::DENHAM

Created:	Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	10068
Total number of notes:	35879

8904.0. "postscript printing on digital unix ? how ?" by XFMV01::AJITK () Thu Feb 20 1997 07:38

Hi 

A customer wants to use an HP LaserJet 3P printer for
printing postscript files generated by ANSIS package
running on Digital Unix system. 

How can this be done ?

Is any additional product such as System V environment
required ? 

Thanks in advance.

Ajit Kale

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
8904.1	Need a postscript printer	UNXA::KOPY		`Thu Feb 20 1997 10:00`	22
	> A customer wants to use an HP LaserJet 3P printer for > printing postscript files generated by ANSIS package > running on Digital Unix system. > > How can this be done ? > > Is any additional product such as System V environment > required ? Most (maybe all) HP printers support PCL which is not the same as postscript. Some HP printers offer postscript support as an option. I think the basic problem your customer is facing is that the HP 3P is no a postscript printer which means that you can not print postscript files. SVE includes the System V print subsystem, but that won't allow a PCL printer to print postscript. I'm not aware of any product that will. I am not familiar with the ANSIS package but your first alternative would be to see if it can support the HP printer in question. Failing that you may be able to upgrade the printer to be postscript capable but that would have to be persued with HP. - Walt
8904.2	Postscript to PCL	QUARRY::reeves	Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group	`Thu Feb 20 1997 11:13`	2
	The free software package "Ghostscript" can convert PostScript to PCL (I know, I'm using it with my IIIP at home). Look on gatekeeper for it.
8904.3		GERUND::WOLFE	I'm going to huff, and puff, and blow your house down	`Thu Feb 20 1997 22:03`	8
	How is the quality of that solution? I assume GS creates a raster using its PS interpreter and then converts the raster to PCL. That of course will work but the quality of the output would not be the same as printing PS on a real PS printer (or generating PCL and printing that on a real PCL printer). The customer really has to get a PS printer or get the application to generate PCL directly. Pete
8904.4	thanks	XFMV01::AJITK		`Fri Feb 21 1997 04:46`	1

8904.5	Don't know mechanics - looks fine	QUARRY::reeves	Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group	`Fri Feb 21 1997 14:16`	3
	Given that the LJ3P is only a 300 dpi printer, the output has always looked just fine to me. I can't tell GS-processed output from the native stuff my Windows box produces (I've got 2 machines on an auto-switch to that printer).