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

[Michael Barton]

Well, if I open the same PS file in preview and print it through the regular
Mac print system on this printer it looks fine -- centered, not truncated,
the correct size, etc. Does that mean anything in this context?

Michael


On 9/6/07 8:30 AM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist at kyngchaos.com> wrote:

> 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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