Hello Arne, * Arne Roos (arne.roos@gkss.de) [990429 11:48]:
Good day,
currently I am trying to print to an Apple LaserWriter 8500 via "lpr" since our IT Department claims this thing is a postscript printer which is connected to a UNIX box which I believe, no problem.
The problem is that I am able to print to several postscript printers connected to the same print server in our network, just this "beast" will not give any output.
Using "lpr -P Apple Filename.ps" gives no error message and the Unix machine acting as print server shows via "lpq -P Apple" that my "Filename.ps" is spooled. Just at the printer side nothing happens.
Maybe this is a stupid question, but did you set up this printer as a network printer or as a local printer? If it is local, it could very well be spooled locally .. but not do anywhere :). What does the printcap entry look like?
Has anybody had any experiences printing to a printer like this from a Unix or Linux machine?
Don't know the particular one, but i think the high numbered laserwriters are the high end ones. And thus you'd think they could do postscript. What happens if you send it output from a2ps, or just some ascii text?
Just in case, are there any important differences between postscript level one and two? Does this printer needs level two?
Level two printers can print level one postscript, but not vice versa.
Kind regards
Arne -- Arne Roos
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