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Received: from ppsw3.cam.ac.uk (mauve.csi.cam.ac.uk [131.111.8.38]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id BAA14458 for <executor@nacm.com>; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 01:01:42 -0700 Received: from mole.bio.cam.ac.uk by mauve.csi.cam.ac.uk with SMTP-CAM (XTPP8.1) as ppsw.cam.ac.uk; Sat, 3 Jun 1995 08:54:47 +0100 Received: from localhost by mole.bio.cam.ac.uk (931110.SGI/MDTG-V1.3@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk) id AA14564; Sat, 3 Jun 95 09:00:18 +0100 Message-Id: <9506030800.AA14564@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> To: zinc <zinc@zifi.genetics.utah.edu> Cc: executor@nacm.com Subject: Re: [Q] printing - how do i set this up? (ie from MS Word) In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 02 Jun 1995 00:01:06 MDT." <Pine.LNX.3.91.950601235242.9066A-100000@zifi.genetics.utah.edu> Date: Sat, 03 Jun 1995 09:00:17 +0100 From: Tim Cutts (Zoology) <tjrc1@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk In your message (Fri, 2 Jun 1995 00:01:06 -0600 (MDT)), you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > >howdy folks, >i need some printing help. > >here's the setup... > >linux 1.2.8, fully networked via ethernet >printer is used via the net - not connected directly to my machine. >text and .ps file printing works using lpr (goes to a server in the dept) > > >i'd like to be able to print from executor apps. does this work? >when i go to print from MS Word i get this postscript print dialog box >which seems cool and the computer works for a while on it and then >returns to the app like it printed but nothing prints to the printer >or a file as far as i can tell. however, i could be looking in the >wrong places i suppose. any ideas about how to do this? You shouldn't need to do anything to get it to work. If your lpr is setup sensibly it should work straight away. However: 1) As of 1.99m, the PostScript produced is a bit broken: a) It won't work with Aladdin GhostScript 3.x. Use GNU 2.6.1, Aladdin 2.6.2 or a real PostScript printer instead! b) Word 5.0 just prints blank pages 2) If you want a page size other than US letter, you can forget it, although Cliff tells me they're working on that. Tim.