Re: [aclug-L] Printer setup

[Craig Terhune <craigter@xxxxxxxxx>]

phrostie wrote:

> how are you printing asci?
> cat (file) > /dev/lp0 ?
> check that printtool has the correct port set.
>
> have you used this printer with a previous linux dist'?
>
> phrostie
>
> Sanjay Dhar wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to setup a HP Deskjet 400 printer for my RH 5.2 box. I've
>>
>> looked at a lot of resources on the WWW and understood that my
>> printer is
>> "fully" supported. Right now I can print only ASCII files. But I'm
>> unable
>> to print postscript files. I did use the printtool to select the
>> appropriate printer from the list of choices and I did try changing
>> several other options available in printtool without any success. Is
>> there
>> anything else that needs to be done to get it working?
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------
>> ---------------------
>>       SANJAY DHAR
>>
>>       sxdhar@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>       http://www.cs.twsu.edu/~sxdhar
>>
>>
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>
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>
>

Using printtool the ASCII file prints but the postscript states  that
there was anUnrecoverable error: rangecheck in putdeviceprops
(1488)op_arraay(486)0x817bod4:E