Andrew on Sat, 5 Jan 2002 09:41:36 +0100 (CET)(envelope-from owner-apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org)


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PS files not recognised when printed from a mac


Hi,

I have just installed apsfilter 7.1.1 under FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE. Everything
seems to work fine when printing locally but if I submit a job from my mac
the printer prints the postscript source, not the actual image.

The printer in question doesn't support PS natively but gs seems to work
fine for local files (ie lpr blah.ps). The Mac in question is running OSX
10.1.2 and I created the printer as an "LPR printer using IP". If I print
to a file, scp the file to FreeBSD and print it from there everything
works OK. I've tried printing from under OS9 and get the same problem.

I used rlpr to submit a job over the network from the FreeBSD box and it
worked OK so it must be something to do with the way MacOS sends the jobs.
Using tcpdump I have confirmed that the job does begin with %!PS.

Anyone have any suggestions? I checked the FAQ but none of the solutions
seemed to help.

Thanks,

Andrew