PostScript Printer installation&configuration

[bradshaw at lewis-deh2.army.mil]

To do postscript you use the two commands:

ps.select    ; chooses the ps type output device
ps.map       ; creates a ps output file which must then be sent to the printer
             ; with lp/lpr

ps.select   choose from available devices in $GISBASE/etc/paint/ps.devices. The
            devices located here desribe page size, margins, resolution. 

I.E. Put the lines below in a file called: $GISBASE/etc/paint/ps.devices/hpxl30
0
and you will have a ps.device called: hpxl300  for 8.5x11 output.


level: 2
page width: 8.5
page height: 11.0
top margin: 0.5
bottom margin: 0.5
left margin: 0.25
right margin: 0.25
resolution: 300



> 
> Hi netters,
> 
> There is a Hewlett Packard Paintjet XL300 Postscript Printer already 
> installed in our department.
> How can I install it to GRASS so that I can use all the ps. and p. 
> commands.?
> 
> As far as I know there are only 3 printer drivers available 
> (according to the g.help/printing maps/supported printers):
> a)Tektronix 4696, 4 color inkjet
> b)Shinko CHC-635  color ribbon
> c)Epson LQ-2500
> 
> On the other hand in the directory
> source/src/paint/Drivers I found directories such as:
> diablo.c150
> zerox4020
> tek 4695
> tek 4697 ...etc
> 
> I guess that these directories are also drivers for the respective 
> printers.
> Does this mean that we need a specific driver for the HP Paintjet 
> XL300?
> What do we have to do ?
> Can any of the supported printers emulate the above HP?
> Thanks in advance for your help
> 
> Giorgos Zacharioudakis
> School of Earth Sciences
> Uni. of Birmingham
> e-mail : giorgos at ers.bham.ac.uk
>