B'ichela wrote:
> This problem is not quite new to me as I had the same migraine
> under Slackware 8.0 and Knoppix on Inteloid hardware. but I would like
> to find a solution for Slackintosh without busting my cranium by
> smashing my head through a wall!
> My Lexmark E232 does Postscript Level 3. I went into the kde
> printer manager and checked postscript printer box. It told me it
> needed a driver I looked at the mass of documentation on cops and
> drivers and am totally over my head here. What I did with Slackware
> 8.0 was a wee bit unorthodox but I sent a print job to a psudeo
> printer file that was a blank page. Took the header off the top and
> slapped it onto a post script file for a test that was made on linux
> and sent the job directly to /dev/lp0. Kludgy but I am still using
> this header file with apsfilter after all 2 years. But things change
> and I need to keep up with them. But my age is catching up with me too.
> Therefore I ask this question. How do I use a Lexmark E232 in
> postscript mode under Cups on Slackintosh 10.2? The PCL driver does
> not give me the full grayscale capabilities of this printer and prints
> much slower than Postscript Level 3.
> While I do have a .ppd file for this printer. it comes from
> the Mac Os 9.2.2 side of the computer. Is this file suitable for Cups?
>

Did you look at this? The relevant linuxprinting.org page:

http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...m=Lexmark-E232