hplj-4M, apsfilter and RH7.1

["ynotssor" <ynotssor@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Greetings;

I have a text-only RH7.1 box which is to be used as a Samba file and print,
sendmail and NFS server. I am encountering difficulties in selecting the
appropriate gs driver for a parallel-attached HP LaserJet 4M printer from
within apsfilter/SETUP. SETUP starts with nitification of a number of
missing filters, but I assume this is acceptable behaviour. If I query the
gs driver availability from the command line, gs fails to start due to the
lack of X11, but gs 6.51-12.rpm installed correctly with dependencies met,
and SETUP gives me quite a selection of available drivers.

The printer states on its demo output page that it is using PCL5, and is
currently set to 300dpi. laserjet, ljet4, PCL-3+ and other drivers produce
an apsfilter test page with "illegible" output. It's curious that the same
type of output is generated from a W2K laptop when it is parallel-attached,
using the HP drivers.

I would appreciate any help in installing, configuring and selecting the
correct apsfilter driver for this printer.

Thanks much,


    tony