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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Printer Problem
Date: 16 Jan 1997 14:48:18 GMT
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nburke@mvc.ie wrote:

> 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.

If your printer doesn't support PS itself, you need to pipe the stuff
through something like ghostscript.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j