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[David Moberg <davidjmoberg AT gmail.com>]

On 12/6/05, sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org> wrote:
> I print with cat and gs to > /dev/lp0, with no printcap.  Steven explained
> how to use print filters to print from CLI.  Insmod lp, and run the script
> printdj filename.pdf (or .ps), which consists of
> deskjet.filter < $1 > /dev/lp0
>
> I have not figured out how to just use CLI gs for this:
> gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=deskjet -r300x300 -sPAPERSIZE=letter filename.ps
> -sOutputFile=- - > /dev/lp0 ????

gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=deskjet -r300x300 -sPAPERSIZE=letter
-sOutputFile=- - < PDF_OR_PS_FILE_NAME > /dev/lp0

(all one line)

This assumes that deskjet.filter contains:

gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=deskjet -r300x300 -sPAPERSIZE=letter
-sOutputFile=- -

(again, all one line)

David