Re: Ricoh (was Re: Why can't use a2ps to replace apsfilter outright?)

[Michael Loßin <phallobst@xxxxxx>]

John Culleton wrote:
> 
> I was merely answering another post. Specifically my situation is that I
> have a Ricoh 2000 Laser Printer that has built-in Postscript as well as
> PCL5e and PCL6. It will also handle ascii files with a little help.

Probably the best situation in UNIX environments -- you don't
even need ghostscript (but can use it anyway).

> [... printer hangs with PS files ...]

Maybe you should try the PCL mode. AFAIK ghostscript has some
generic drivers.

> I only have the standard 8MB memory. I will upgrade when finances permit.

8MB should be enough for most cases.

> Linux Slackware) with mediocre results. So today my default print
> routine in printcap just sends a printjob to the queue and the optional
> -Pasc routine sends the job by way of a little perl script that handles
> the stairstep effect.

In current releases we handle that via "recode", but that's
just for flexibility.

> When Apsfilter can handle a printer it does the job elegantly. I find no
> indication of a variant that handles a Postscript printer, let alone my
> Postscript printer.

Are you implying that apsfilter doesn't know PostScript printers?
In this case, I dare to say that your version is _really_ old...

> I am an Apsfilter user from way back. If there is a way to employ it
> usefully with my setup I would be happy to return to the fold.

Get the latest release (don't rely on distribution packages,
download the real tarball), install it and select the
generic PostScript printer, or some PCL driver.

Which apsfilter version does your Slackware provide? I think the
last time some Slackuser reported an error, it was some 5.x ... :-\


HTH
Michael