Hi, I am looking for a quick answer. How to print postscript files by using gs command? Let's say the HP printer's hostname is pname and the document name is pfile. The OS is RHEL 4 with cups enabled. I've read gs man but didn't get it well.
Printing PostScript files
Printing PostScript files on a printer that has a PostScript interpreter is simple; just use lpr, and the printer will take care of all of the details for you. For those of us that don't have printers with PostScript capabilities, we have to resort to other means. Luckily, there are programs available that can make sense of PostScript, and translate it into a language that most printers will understand. Probably the most well known of these programs is Ghostscript.
Ghostscript's responsibility is to convert all of the descriptions in a PostScript file to commands that the printer will understand. To print a PostScript file using Ghostscript, you might do something like
Notice in the above example that we are actually piping the output of Ghostscript to the lpr command by using the -sOutputFile option. Ghostview is an interface to Ghostscript for the X Window System. It allows you to preview a PostScript file before you print it. Ghostview and Ghostscript can both be swiped from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/.
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I am runnning Infoprint Manager 4.3 on AIX 5.2 . There is no problem printing AFP files, but I have hit a snag trying to use "AIX DSS" or "Other Printer" actual destinations to send unconverted Postscript files to native Postscript printers.
The files are big, and they print correctly,... (0 Replies)
Hi All,
I have a requirement, where i have create a pdf file in unix. I have gone through few links and understood that it could be done in 2 step manner.
- Create a .ps PostScript file.
- Pass .ps file to p2pdf command to create the pdf.
But i am having trouble creating the .ps file. I... (3 Replies)
Basically, I'd like to apply a printer tray selection on postscript files by means of a (Bash) shell script.
What works on a Xerox DocuColor 5000, is this (exemplified for one tray):
sed "s/BeginPageSetup/&\n<<\/MediaColor (red)>> setpagedevice/" -i page.ps
Every attempt to do so on a... (0 Replies)
dear all,
on solaris10 for x86 i am trying to modify the creation date of a postscript file with sed in a csh script. sed is driving me crazy though...i think due to the spaces in the string i am trying to substitute??
part of the postscript file:
%!PS-Adobe-3.0... (3 Replies)
It should be pretty simple but I'm just new to IDL and am workling through the command line and scripts(program.pro). If I want to save words to the bottom of a .ps file that I am putting a few plots in what should written in my code.
set_plot works for plots but apparently not words. Print... (0 Replies)
Hi!
Iīm wondering if itīs possible to use PostScript in UNIX. I have a client that want to install a HP ColorPro GA in a UNIX network and I donīt have any experience about UNIX. Is UNIX using PostScrip by deafault, like a Mac or does he need to install some form of RIP?
Best regards <Therapy> (2 Replies)
sorry, it is a dumb question, but i could not find any answer in anything else.
does anybody know whether there is any postscript file reader for HP-Unix?
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How do I setup a printer queue to do postscript printing using UNIX commands? I setup a remote host/printer using the admintool (solaris), but it does not let me specify that this printer will print postscript. (1 Reply)
09-13-2012
