can't print postscript files

Malcolm Kay malcolm.kay at internode.on.net
Thu May 22 08:34:59 PDT 2003


On Fri, 23 May 2003 00:17, Eduardo Viruena Silva wrote:
> On Thu, 22 May 2003 tollallenamensindbelegt at t-online.de wrote:
> > Hi I,
> > had configure my /etc/printcap like the example in the freebsd handbook
> > but I'm not able to print postscript files I thing I  have a little
> > misstake in the gs section in this script /usr/local/libexec/hl7x0
> > because I can print plaintext files.
> >
> > my printer is a brother HL-730
> >
> > could any one give me the answer where is the misstake that I'm not able
> > to print ps file.
> >
> > thanks!!!
> >
> > best regards
> >
> > Michael Bohn
>
> [--- snip ----]
>
> >     #
> >     exec 3>&1 1>&2
> >     /usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=hl7x0 \
>
> I cannot see "hl7x0" as a valid -sDEVICE option.

I can see it in the version os ghostscript I'm using:

#gs -h      -> produces ->
GNU Ghostscript 6.52 (2001-10-20)
Copyright (C) 2001 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA.  All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
 -dNOPAUSE           no pause after page   | -q       `quiet', fewer messages
 -g<width>x<height>  page size in pixels   | -r<res>  pixels/inch resolution
 -sDEVICE=<devname>  select device         | -dBATCH  exit after last file
 -sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
                                         embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PDF
Available devices:
   x11 bbox x11alpha x11cmyk x11cmyk2 x11cmyk4 x11cmyk8 x11gray2 x11gray4
   x11mono x11rg16x x11rg32x appledmp iwhi iwlo iwlq hl7x0 bj10e bj200
                                                     ^^^^^
   bjc600 bjc800 lbp8 lips3 m8510 coslw2p coslwxl stp uniprint dl2100 la50
   la70 la75 la75plus lj250 declj250 ln03 ap3250 epson eps9mid eps9high
   lp8000 lq850 epsonc st800 stcolor photoex lp2563 dnj650c deskjet djet500
   cdeskjet djet500c cdjcolor cdjmono cdj500 cdj550 cdj670 cdj850 cdj880
   cdj890 cdj1600 cdj970 laserjet ljetplus ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d
   lj4dith cljet5 cljet5c cljet5pr lj5mono lj5gray pj pjetxl pjxl paintjet
   pjxl300 pxlmono pxlcolor pcl3 hpdj ijs ibmpro jetp3852 imagen fs600
   lxm5700m cp50 necp6 oce9050 oki182 okiibm atx23 atx24 atx38 r4081 sj48
   t4693d2 t4693d4 t4693d8 tek4696 xes bmpmono bmpgray bmp16 bmp256 bmp16m
   bmp32b bmpsep1 bmpsep8 ccr cgmmono cgm8 cgm24 cif sxlcrt dfaxhigh dfaxlow
   faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 miff24 inferno jpeg jpeggray mgrmono mgrgray2
   mgrgray4 mgrgray8 mgr4 mgr8 pcxmono pcxgray pcx16 pcx256 pcx24b pcxcmyk
   pdfwrite bit bitrgb bitcmyk plan9bm pbm pbmraw pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw
   pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw pkm pkmraw pksm pksmraw pngmono pnggray png16
   png256 png16m psmono psgray psrgb pswrite epswrite sgirgb sunhmono
   tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d tiffg4 tiff12nc tiff24nc tifflzw tiffpack
   nullpage
Search path:
   . : /usr/local/share/ghostscript/6.52/lib :
   /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts
For more information, see /usr/local/share/ghostscript/6.52/doc/Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs at ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.


Malcolm


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