Re: Why can't use a2ps to replace apsfilter outright?

[John Culleton <service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There are no dumb questions. Sometimes
there are dumb answers.

If you have a Postscript printer (as I do)
then perhaps apsfilter can be replaced
by your own lashup using just printcap.
I have done this. I don't need a2ps because
my Ricoh printer can distinguish between ASCII
and PS files. I just have a little perl
thingie which prevents the infamous
stairstep effect.

But there are still advantages to apsfilter,
such as automatically detecting filetype etc.
I must use two different logical printers ---
one for PS and one for ASCII.

If apsfilter were adapted to my situation
I would be glad to go back to it.

John Culleton

Dr. Christian Seberino wrote:

> This may be a dumb question but 
> why can't we filter all files to be printed
> with a2ps and avoid apsfilter?  Wouldn't
> this negate the need for apsfilter for the
> most part?  I cannot get a2ps to work so
> I can't try it out.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Chris