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Subject: Re: [aclug-L] Star Office is.......BAD!
From: phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 11:44:26 -0500
Reply-to: aclug-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx

i was trying to find it earlier when i made the post.
i do remember when i did the original setup for wp8

if i find it i will post the expanded process

phrostie

Jonathan Hall wrote:

Perhaps printing would be a good topic for an ACLUG meeting... setting up
ghostscript, magicfilter, lpd/lpr, etc... And perhaps setting up Samba
and/or lpd to print over a network.

I volunteer to present this topic, too--I've a bit of experience with this
already.

On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, Curtis Hawthorne wrote:

> Could you explain in a little bit more detail how to
> do that?  My printer (Canon BJC-1000) isn't supported
> in wordperfect either, and I would like to get it to
> work.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --- phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > one of the printer options for xwp8 is a "poststript
> > transfer" or something like that.
> > all it does is to hand off the out put to gs instead
> > of printing it itself.
> > it is slower than a direct filter but it works as
> > long as gs supports your printer.
> >
> > phrostie
> >
> >
> > Jonathan Hall wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, David Carmichael wrote:
> > >
> > > >       And WordPerfect is a smaller download, a
> > faster program, and less of a
> > > >       resource hog.
> > > >
> > > >       Of course WP for Linux doesn't do
> > spreadsheets and all the other fancy
> > > >       things that StarOffice does--but I don't
> > need those things anyway.
> > > >
> > > > Well if you could get my Canon BJC4400 (or for
> > that much most any Color
> > > > Canon printer to work with X-WP8 I know many
> > users would love to know
> > > > how....  My wife for one!!
> > >
> > > If ghostscript supports a BJC4400, then WP8 does.
> > >
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> > phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
> > and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
> > http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
> >
> >
> >
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Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
 
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