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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: problems printing postscript
Date: 18 Jan 1997 22:11:21 GMT
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rhuff@shell1.cybercom.net (Robert Huff) wrote:

> 	I'm trying to print to a NEC LC-800 postscript printer.  The
> job appears in queue; the printer console says "processing"; the
> job disappears from queue, the printer console says "idle"
> .... and nothing comes out.

Either your file misses the `showpage' at the end, or the printer
requires a ^D (the character \004, not just EOF).

-- 
cheers, J"org

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