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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!constellation!qns1.qns.com!news.sprintlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!news.starnet.net!wupost!newspump.wustl.edu!newsfeed.rice.edu!news.sesqui.net!uuneo.neosoft.com!Starbase.NeoSoft.COM!thuy From: thuy@starbase.neosoft.com (Thuy Mai) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: Re: PostScript for Okidata OL830 Date: 15 Jan 1995 19:02:55 GMT Organization: NeoSoft Internet Services +1 713 684 5969 Lines: 23 Message-ID: <3fbrgv$cpl@uuneo.neosoft.com> References: <3fai9c$5av@uuneo.neosoft.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: starbase.neosoft.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I just find out that my Okidata OL830 has only one parallel interface. The "lprps" s/w supports serial postscript printer only. Is there any s/w work similar to "lprps", but support the parallel interface????????? thuy Thuy Mai (thuy@starbase.neosoft.com) wrote: : I just bought a Okidata OL830 laser printer, it supports : both HP & PostScript modes. HP is fine, but in : I set it to PostScript, when I try to print, ON-LINE/WAITING : display then IDLE displays. In the manual it suggests : Non-PostScript driver is installed. I don't understand that, : if the PostScript emulation already built in the printer, : WHY DO I NEED A POSTSCRIPT DRIVER???? : Do I have to do some magics with the "printcap" file??? : any ideas, : thuy