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postscript printing
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.
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Old 09-21-2001
A postscript file is just ascii text that starts with %! on the first line. Most modern printers have postscript interpreters built-in to them. They look at the first line for that %! and if it's there, they print in postscript. Otherwise they print the ascii text. There is nothing for the spooler to do. In both cases it just passes the print job to the printer.
 
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