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Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/14 9:22 #1

Quite a regular

I guess to have reliable printing under AmiCynix one needs a PS Printer? Since you can only select file pdf? and PS.

The Espon Stylus Colour CX7300 I hacked together to work seems to print for the most part okay but there is gaps between some letters and some letters are so close they might as well be ontop of each other.

Not a real biggy since getting a proper printer (which is high on the list of things to do) is the obvious solution...

any other things one can tweak however? I'm starting to think if I did save it out as a pdf and printed it out via wb4.1 that might solve the problem

thanks for any suggestions anyway

ZeroG

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/14 9:37 #2

Not too shy to talk

@Slayer

You can print the pdf/ps with AmiPDF/AmiGS with every printer that has a OS3/4 Driver.

Slayer

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/14 11:08 #3

Quite a regular

@ZeroG

The funny thing is the saved pdf has the same erros that are printed from within AmiCynix

guess it's a transfer thing

cygnusEd

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/14 11:33 #4

Quite a regular

@Slayer

Unix apps are always using the PS format for printing. So I decided to use Ghostscript to print documents under AmiCygnix. Ghostscript is part of the OS4 installation.

And here comes the trick: AmiPDF and AmiPS are also using Ghostscript for this and so you will get the same result. Hard to say, which program works incorrect - Ghostscript or the AmiCygnix app. You could try to print the PS document on windows?!

Ricossa

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/14 16:49 #5

Just popping in

@Slayer

with most fonts I have spacing issues with AbiWord

Slayer

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/15 2:24 #6

Quite a regular

@cygnusEd

I did examine the output file to see if there was any embedded artifacting type thing... all clean...

AmiPS/AmiPDF won't print via GS on my current printer setup... I don't blame the software just the hack for the printer... I'm living with it

going to look at PS printers tommorrow... try not to spend too much

@Ricossa

that is good to know, hoping PS will solve this problem too?

thanks for your replies!

Jack

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/15 11:12 #7

Quite a regular

@Slayer

Wait with buying new printers:

Quote:

17.wd2:jack/Pictures/2009-02-15> gs -h
GPL Ghostscript 8.54 (2006-05-17)
Copyright (C) 2006 artofcode LLC, Benicia, CA. All rights reserved.
Usage: gs [switches] [file1.ps file2.ps ...]
Most frequently used switches: (you can use # in place of =)
-dNOPAUSE no pause after page | -q `quiet', fewer messages
-g<width>x<height> page size in pixels | -r<res> pixels/inch resolution
-sDEVICE=<devname> select device | -dBATCH exit after last file
-sOutputFile=<file> select output file: - for stdout, |command for pipe,
embed %d or %ld for page #
Input formats: PostScript PostScriptLevel1 PostScriptLevel2 PostScriptLevel3 PDF
Default output device: amiga_printer
Available devices:
amiga amiga_printer bbox bit bitcmyk bitrgb bj10e bj200 bjc600 bjc800
bmp16 bmp16m bmp256 bmp32b bmpgray bmpmono bmpsep1 bmpsep8 cdeskjet
cdj550 cdjcolor cdjmono cljet5 cljet5c deskjet devicen djet500 eps9high
eps9mid epson epsonc epswrite faxg3 faxg32d faxg4 ibmpro jpeg jpeggray
laserjet lj5gray lj5mono ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 ljet4d ljetplus
nullpage pbm pbmraw pcx16 pcx24b pcx256 pcxcmyk pcxgray pcxmono pdfwrite
pgm pgmraw pgnm pgnmraw pj pjxl pjxl300 pkm pkmraw pksm pksmraw png16
png16m png256 png48 pngalpha pnggray pngmono pnm pnmraw ppm ppmraw
ps2write psdcmyk psdrgb psgray psmono psrgb pswrite pxlcolor pxlmono
spotcmyk stcolor tiff12nc tiff24nc tiff32nc tiffcrle tiffg3 tiffg32d
tiffg4 tiffgray tifflzw tiffpack tiffsep turboprint uniprint xcf
Search path:
, Ghostscript:data/8.54/lib , Ghostscript:data/8.54/Resource ,
Ghostscript:data/fonts , FONTS:_Ghostscript
For more information, see Ghostscript:data/8.54/doc/Use.htm.
Report bugs to bug-gs@ghostscript.com, using the form in Bug-form.htm.

Edit:
The correct driver is stcolor.
...removing irrelevant b/s due to initial overlooking of the stcolor's presence in gs' output)...

Afaik, gs with -sOUTPUTFILE=par: will produce correct stylus color output into parallel port (did it with A1200 once)
The problem is if the printer is usb one. Dunnoh what to put intead of par:
Worth a try (stick one page only into the tray and prepare for grabage in the printout).
The command is :

gs -dQUIET -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -sOUTPUTFILE=par: -sDEVICE=stcolor somefile.ps

I hope this helps.
Jack

cygnusEd

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/15 12:57 #8

Quite a regular

@Slayer

You don't need to have a PS printer to print with AmiCygnix/Ghostscript!!!

This is the command I use in AmiCygnix (lpr):

Sys:Utilities/Ghostscript/gs -sDEVICE=amiga_printer -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -filename-

You see, that I use the amiga printer device. So if you are able to print with other apps using the systems printer driver, it should work.

Slayer

Re: Printing

Posted on: 2009/2/15 13:08 #9

Quite a regular

@Jack

Thanks for that Jack, very comprehensive and will come in handy I know

@cygnusEd

I'll give that a whirl too!

I still need a new printer in anycase

thanks for the tips and instructions!

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