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Re: [hylafax-users] Newbie question



On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 10:25:49AM -0700, Lee Howard wrote:
> I do know, though, that I can print Postscript documents from Ghostscript
> through LPRng to my LaserJet 6L (PCL) printer.  Which means that something
> in that chain is doing PS-to-PCL.  As for PCL-to-PS, I don't have a current
> setup doing it automatedly, but on my Windows machines I can print a
> Postscript document from Gsview to file via my LaserJet 6L printer driver.
> The resulting file is a completely valid PCL file as I can successfully
> "copy testpage.pcl lpt2" and get a pretty "Windows 95 Printer Test Page".
> And so that's PS-to-PCL, which I'm sure can be automated in some fashion on
> a *NIX box.

My assumption based on that set of facts is the same as yours, Lee,
FWIW.  I'd say "I'll try to look into that this weekend"... but my
track record has been markedly poor this year, so I won't.  :-}

Cheers,
-- jra
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Jay R. Ashworth                                                jra@baylink.com
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