Re: [TCLUG:10903] color printing

[Clay Fandre <cfandre@maddog.mn-linux.org>]

Do you have the printer setup as a postscript printer?

It should be outputting color postscript from your application. Try to
print to a file, and then open the postscript file with gs or the gimp.
If it's not in color then it's a problem with your application. Also try
to bring up printtool (if on redhat) and do a postscript test print. The
print spooler just forwards the postscript 

Chris Engstrom wrote:
> 
> ( if this is posted more than once; i appoligize, i have not been able to
> post a new
> message to this group yet today.  Your patience is appreciated )
> 
> i have a network printer hp4050tn, and i was wondering if anyone knows how
> to print
> in color to a color laserjet.
> at this time my /etc/printcap looks like this
> lj-5|Remote-hplj:\
>         :lp=/dev/null:sh:\
>         :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lj-5:\
>         :rm=167.177.80.12:rp=raw:
> this printer is a postscript printer and works fine for postscript and text.
> 
> any ideas would be appreciated
> 
> --chris engstrom
> bl155@treewax.com
> 
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Clay Fandre
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Twin Cities Linux Users Group
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