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From: mah@everybody.org (Mark A. Hershberger)
Date: 22 Dec 1999 10:21:13 -0600
Subject: Re: PPR: ppr: printer is printing postscript code rather than document

>>>>> "DI" == Damian Ivereigh <damian@cisco.com> writes:

    DI> Patrick Baltz wrote:
    >>  I am trying to setup two printers on a network through ppr
    >> using the tcpip interface. One is an HP LaserJet 5L and the
    >> other is an HP LaserJet 4+.
    DI> Patrick, Neither of those two printers supports postcript
    DI> natively. PPR is primarily a Postscript print system. I don't
    DI> believe you will be able to use PPR with those
    DI> printers.

You can set PPR up to use GhostScript to print to these printers.
Check out the gs* protocols (gstcpip, gslpr, etc.)

Mark.

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