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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!EU.net!Ireland.EU.net!mvc!usenet From: nburke@mvc.ie Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Printer Problem Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 19:40:22 GMT Organization: MV Technology Lines: 17 Message-ID: <5bjblr$7u5@mailhost.mvc.ie> Reply-To: nburke@mvc.ie NNTP-Posting-Host: tramp.mvc.ie X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5619 I'm trying to print a postscript file from our BSDI2.1 based PC to a HP LaserJet3 and can currently print plain text, but not PS. Does the standard /etc/printcap with it associated filters handle this printer?. Is it necessary to edit the vf filter i.e. /usr/libexec/lpr/ps2jep-filter to inform it that it is a LaserJet3 as opposed to a LaserJetPlus. Niall Burke MV Technology Unit 24 IDA Enterprise Centre Pearse Street, Dublin 2, Ireland Phone 353-1-6718177 Fax 353-1-6718470