[GRASS-dev] Re: [GRASS-user] need help with mac os x installation

[William Kyngesburye]

On Sep 6, 2007, at 2:05 AM, Michael Barton wrote:

> I'm printing on an inkjet printer (Epson) connected to another  
> computer to
> which I'm networked. However, this works for other printing with no
> problems--including using gs to change the PS file to a PNG and  
> then sending
> the PNG to lpr.
>
> Michael

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.

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.

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