Canon printer and TurboPrint

[Polytropon]

On Fri, 29 May 2009 01:35:00 -0700, perryh at pluto.rain.com wrote:
> Polytropon <freebsd at edvax.de> wrote:
> 
> > ... If the printer has PS or PCL, gs or even apsfilter will help.
> 
> Dunno about PCL, but if the printer has PS it surely does not need
> gs.  The whole point of gs -- in connection with printing -- is to
> translate PS into some other form that a non-PS printer can handle.

You're correct, PS doesn't need gs. Because most (all?) applications
output PS when printing (that's a standard), the data can be sent
directly to the printer that processes it.

In case of PCL, apsfilter is quite okay, but you can "just" employ
gs to do the work, so apsfilter is not neededly required. It can
add some functionality.



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