<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Sep 6, 2007, at 2:05 AM, Michael Barton wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><DIV>I'm printing on an inkjet printer (Epson) connected to another computer to</DIV><DIV>which I'm networked. However, this works for other printing with no</DIV><DIV>problems--including using gs to change the PS file to a PNG and then sending</DIV><DIV>the PNG to lpr.</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Michael</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Does the Epson OSX printer driver handle postscript (in the past they've required a 3rd-party PS RIP)? CUPS (lpr) itself doesn't do any PS rendering, just hands the job to the correct printer driver (as far as I know). Or it at least adds printer-specific PS data to the job. If it does render PS for non-PS printers, it may be crude.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I just remembered that Gimp-Print, which provides postscript printing to many non-PS printers, was renamed to Gutenprint, and an installer is included in Tiger (ie it's another "printer drivers" option in the Tiger installer, and it might still be called Gimp-print). This would allow proper PS printing if the Epson driver isn't PS.</DIV><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV>-----</DIV><DIV>William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com></DIV><DIV><A href="http://www.kyngchaos.com">http://www.kyngchaos.com</A>/</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>Earth: "Mostly harmless"</DIV><DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>- revised entry in the HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>