[techtalk] Newbie: my printer.

[JoAnn Elliott]

This helps me as well. as I found out that my printer prints my emails just
fine (KDE, the mail icon on bar) but not other apps, where it seems to be
looking for PS. Soooooo, where do I find this Ghostscript program? I sure
hope it comes in an rpm, as I am new and so far have best success with
those, but I can do it at prompt, just not the most confidence.

I have not been able to get my other printer-HP LaserJet 4MV which is in I{X
mode with a JerDirect port builtin-into the hu, not my lpt portb, to be
recognized. I suspect getting IPX working is a different problem altogether.

Newbie chick.
JoAnn Elliott

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org
> [mailto:owner-techtalk at linuxchix.org]On Behalf Of Simon Britnell
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 11:24 AM
> To: techtalk at linuxchix.org
> Subject: Re: [techtalk] Newbie: my printer.
>
>
> Xavier Gutierrez Munoz wrote:
>
> > I would like to know if my printer is supported bay any Linux kernel
> > version.
>
> This is actually the wrong question :)  The kernel itself only supports
> the ability to talk to printers (via parallel or serial interfaces).
> Support for any given printer is usually more a matter of speaking  the
> right language than actually talking to it.  Most linux software talks a
> printer language called Postscript.  This language is actually spoken
> only by a few, rather expensive printers, so there's a translator
> program called Ghostscript.  Ghostscript translates Postscript into the
> native language of various different printers.  So the real question is:
> "Does Ghostscript support my printer?"
>
> > It's a HP DeskJet 850 cxi (non Windows95 printer).
>
> HP support in Postscript is quite good, so your printer is undoubtedly
> supported to some degree.  Even if the 850cxi isn't directly supported,
> you can probably run it as a 400 or something to pretty much the same
> effect.
>
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