RE: tlug: printer problems

[Christopher Sekiya <wileyc@example.com>]

On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Jim Schweizer wrote:

> If I were you, I'd ask, but you're unlikely to get an answer to,
> "Will this print postscript under Linux?" I've got an HP Deskjet
> 560J that refuses to print anything other than ACSII w/Linux -
> and I've tried every filter known to HP to try and get Netscrape
> to print - no joy. I've heard similar stories with other HP
> printers bought in Japan.

Hmmm.  The last time I checked, HP printers spoke PCL -- not PS unless
there was a P tacked onto the end of the model number.  Therefore, as your
printer doesn't have a P on the end, it doesn't speak PS.

Have you tried ghostscript?

(If I'm completely out to lunch on this, disregard ... )

--	Chris (wileyc@example.com)

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