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?

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B'ichela wrote:
> 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?
>
Yes the file is suitable for Cups.
A .ppd file is platform independent, like PostScript is.

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Kees.

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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

In article <12thdiqje0fnkb2@corp.supernews.com>, Chris Sorenson wrote:
> Did you look at this? The relevant linuxprinting.org page:
>
> http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_pr...m=Lexmark-E232
>
Of course I did, I updated that entry but like I original
posted at www.linuxprinting.org getting it to work under slackware 8.0
is a little complicated (to me anyway). I am going to play with ifhp
and see if I can get it to send the proper printer initization strings
without my kludge header file.

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On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 15:27:05 +0000, 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?

I've not worked with PostScript printers for a couple of years now, since
I retired in spring of '04. I would make a couple of comments: it has been
quite a while since there has been a semi-affordable printer around that
ran 'true' PostScript. Generally the PostScript is run as an emulator on
top of the true or native language - which is often a form of PCL. If you
can find a true native driver for your printer it should be capable of
doing everything the printer can do, and it should be a LOT faster - I
remember doing some tests, and generally the render time was about 3 to 4
times longer using PS emulation. I don't know the status of the Lexmark
drivers, but I was under the impression they had some Linux drivers
available from their website.

>> 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.

Try testing things by diverting a one page post script
file to the port that the printyer is connected to, this
works great with my post scriopt printers.

This works for me.
cat $1 > /dev/lp0 (from a script file of mine named PS)

but you must besure you know where the printer is.
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