Date: Sat, 11 Feb 1995 09:21:08 -0500 (EST) From: Terry Rossi <tpr@picspc01.pics.com> To: eblood@cs.unr.edu (Eric V Blood) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: lpr and ps files Message-ID: <199502111421.JAA16307@picspc01.pics.com> In-Reply-To: <199502102204.OAA24016@hunter.cs.unr.edu> from "Eric V Blood" at Feb 10, 95 02:04:09 pm
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> Can anyone provide an example of how they interface ghostscript
> to lpr to automatically print postscript files? Thanks.
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Eric,
I suggest the aps-filter programs, here is an excerpt from the announce file.
WHAT IS APSFILTER
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APSFILTER is a lineprinter input filter for systems with a BSD alike
printing mechanism (lpd, /etc/printcap), that saves users a lot of work
when printing different file types no matter if compressed or not !!!
Additionally it enables non Postscript printers, that are supported
by the free postscript emulator - under the terms of the GPL -
"ghostscript" (gs), to print postscript files automatically !
With the new apsfilter Version 3.0 it's now possible to print
*compacted* documents directly without unpacking !!!
The wanted packers/unpackers have to be already installed on your system.
o Supported file types:
Postscript
TeX DVI
Ascii
Data (PCL,...)
GIFF
TIFF
Sun Rasterfiles
FIG
PNM (pbmplus)
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These are the sites, where apsfilter versions can be found
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(1) This ftp server will also contain beta releases if we are
currently on the way to a new release
ftp server: ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
directory : pub/Linux/local/packages/APS
(2) Here we'll put only final releases
ftp server : ftp.Germany.EU.net
directory : pub/os/Linux/Local.EUnet/People/akl
directory : pub/os/Linux/Incoming.EUnet
ftp the newest release from there. The current naming scheme for
apsfilter releases is: aps-Release.tgz
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