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- From: ig25@fg20.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Thomas Koenig)
- Subject: Problem printing TeX output with Ghostscript on DJ500 solved
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.142025.10326@klaava.Helsinki.FI>
- Followup-To: comp.os.linux
- Keywords: TeX ghostscript deskjet 500
- Sender: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
- Reply-To: ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe, Germany
- References: <1jgi10INNqhi@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 14:20:25 GMT
- Approved: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu (Lars Wirzenius)
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- In article <1jgi10INNqhi@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>, I wrote:
-
- >At the moment, I use a somewhat laborious route to print my TeX output:
- >I run my dvi files through dvips, the resulting postscript files through
- >Ghostscript with DeskJet 500 output to a file, then finally I cat that
- >file to /dev/lp1. (No, I have not installed a printer daemon yet).
- >
- >This works, sort of, except that the output looks truly horrible because
- >a lot of bits seem to get dropped, resulting in both little white
- >recangles where there are supposed to be none and parts of letters
- >being too thin.
-
- I've got it working now: I replaced the output "dj500" with "deskjet". The
- reason may have been a corrupt ghostscript binary in the SLS. Thanks to
- Peter Jesinger (zrsjp01@zmcipdec1.zdv.uni-tuebingen.de) for pointing
- this simple solution out.
- --
- Thomas Koenig, ig25@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de, ig25@dkauni2.bitnet
- The joy of engineering is to find a straight line on a double logarithmic
- diagram.
-