Re: apsfilter question

[John Culleton <service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas H. George wrote:

> Andreas Klemm wrote:
> 
>> please use mailing lists ...
>> reply-to set.
>> 
>> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:43:51AM -0500, Thomas H. George wrote:
>> 
>>> apsfilterconfig prints a beautiful test page.
>>> 
>>> cat testtext >  lp0 prints a line of test written with vi
>>> 
>>> lp testtext reports a job number but nothing prints.
>>> 
>>> lpq reports no printable jobs in que, removes job from que.
>>> 
>>> Can you help?  I'm using debian linux 2.2.19.  cat 
>>> /proc/parport/0/autoprobe lists my brother HL-730 laser printer.
>>> 
>>> Tom George
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>     Andreas ///
>> 
Hmm... Do you say lp or lpr to fire up a print job?

I would go back through the apsfilter setup script and then look at
what was put in /etc/printcap. Make a note of what printers are 
available. Then try to send an ascii file with:

  lpr -Praw1 testfile

(My assumption is that there is a printer called raw1 in printcap.)

In setup, did you select the right printer? And is the corresponding 
driver installed in ghostscript?

It is possible that your Laser printer takes straight postscript. In 
that case kiss Apsfilter a fond goodbye and set up a barebones
printcap. Here is mine:
lp:\
     :lp=/dev/lp0:\
     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
     :mx#0:\
     :sh:
asc:\
     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/asc:\
     :lp=/dev/lp0:\
     :if=/root/ricoh/asc:\
     :mx#0:\
     :sh:

The perl script ``asc'' just substitutes RET NL for the Unix style NL.

HTH

John Culleton