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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ghostscript
Date: 22 May 1996 02:49:40 +0100
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Eli Lazich (elazich@mcs.com) wrote:
: I just installed this off of the 2.1 CD and I'm alittle lost as to how 
: to get it to print PS to my printers.  It works just fine under X, but 
: from a character mode it does not seem to accept the -s DEVICE= switch. 
:  Does anyone have ant tips for getting this or any other postscript 
: filter to work under 2.1?  

: Eli

gs -q -sDEVICE=cdjmono -sOutputFile=- -dNOPAUSE myfile.ps quit.ps | lpr

for a B&W Deskjet 500.  gs -? will tell you about the available DEVICEs.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....