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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> > Do I need to modify printcap before ghostscript will work?
> 
> You need to tell lpd (via printcap) to filter ps files
> through ghostscript.  Most linux applications output ps.
> 
> Cheers,
> Steven

Can I put a line in printcap so that I can print pdf files directly with 
ghostscript instead of first converting them to ps format?  I am not using 
any linux applications that I know of which output ps but people do send 
me ps files, which I know how to print with DOS ghostscript directly.