[plug] Printing to an ink-jet / bubble jet from slackware 3.5

[Mike Holland]

On Sat, 6 Oct 2001, David Buddrige wrote:

> 1. How does one go about printing straight text files under linux. What
> configuration needs to be done?

To test, you could cat to /dev/lp? . Most printers accept ascii, but
ususally need CR/LF between lines, ie DOS text format.

Normally you print via a queue, either lpd or CUPS. The queue also does
filtering. Often, plain text is converted to postscript, and typeset with
ghostscript, like everything else. Then a bitmap is sent to the printer.

> 2. How does one go about configuring a gnu/linux system such that it can
> print postscript - or at least, documents that are not just straight text,
> ie. with fonts, etc....from Netscape, or emacs?

RTFM.  Normally, an app generates postscript, and send it to the lpd (or
CUPS) queue, and a filter uses ghostscript to render it.
  'ghostscript' must have drivers for your printer, and be told which one.


Again RTFM:

http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/


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