Re: Printing from linux

[awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>>> What version of ghost script do you have?
>>> rpm -qa | grep gho yields the following output
>>> ghostscript-5.10-10
>>> ghostscript-fonts-5.10-3
>>I use ghostscript 5.50-2, which I compiled myself to contain the
>>driver found at the following site:
>>http://www.proaxis.com/~mgelhaus/linux/software/hp880c/hp880c.html
>>If you want to try it I can either send you my binary or you can 
build
>>it yourself.  Don't be intimidates by compiling ghostscript,  if you
>>get the SRC RPM's from the RedHat contrib site the directions are
>>clear, step by step, and work exactly.
> ftp://ftp.cs.wisc.edu/ghost/gnu/gs550/
> Do I need to download all of these.  Maybe I need to research what 
really
> happens when a print happens and how it relates to the printtool and 
how

Printtool simply write to a little file in the printers spool 
directory.  When you print a file it is read into a script that looks 
in that little file to see how to process the job, such as what 
ghostscript "driver" to use and any special ghostscript parameters.  
That script will also handle sending it on to a SMB or Novell server 
if you told it too in printtool.  No real magic.

> it functions.  I failed to find the srpms for ghostscript on a couple 
of
> redhat mirrors they only had ghostscript-5.10-10.
> Maybe I should just get your binary?

I'll send you the binary.  I also have the src.rpm's of ghostscript 
that I can also send if you like.

> >
> > I doubt you'll find anythign on the Gimp sites,  this is really a
> > ghostscript issue.
> 
http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi-db/prod_info.show?model=C3804A&name=Photo
> This is the printer I would really like to work.  Do I have a prayer. 
I

I've never heard of "IPCL" (the language of this printer), so I can't 
really say.

> could continue to try to get the 832C working but my system will be
> formatted soon.  I'm going to guess it's hopeless because it is 
somewhat
> of an obscure printer which has already been replaced by HP.

The HP832C will work with the correct "driver".