[nflug] ghostscript command line

[Joe]

That works perfectly!  And it will save me hours of printing time.

Thanks!

Joe

Rob Dege wrote:
>
> Unless you plan on doing batch printing, I think you're making this
> harder then what it is.  The simpler method in my mind would be to
> find a program that can read postscript files, and then print them
> through that application.
>
> You can try GSview, which is a ghostview port to Windows
> (http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/index.htm
> <http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/%7Eghost/gsview/index.htm>)
>
> If you are trying to do batch printing, then I would recommend
> printing the files from linux to your printer (even if it's much
> slower), and just walk away for a bit.  There is a risk of corrupting
> the layout of the page when converting from PS to another format, such
> as margin spacing, warped images, text alignment, etc.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> -Rob
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Joe <josephj at main.nc.us
> <mailto:josephj at main.nc.us>> wrote:
>
>     On my (very) old desktop system, in Linux, my printer only prints in
>     highest quality - about 2ppm.  Under windoze, I can get it into draft
>     mode and get over 10 ppm out of it.  I've given up on fixing it in
>     Linux, but I still need to use the printer.
>
>     What I want to do is use ghostscript (on windows) to convert
>     postscript
>     files from Linux to HP PCL for my Deskjet HP895Cse printer.
>
>     I installed ghostscript under windows 98se.
>
>     What command line do I need to get gs to convert a ps file and send it
>     to my printer in draft mode?
>
>     When I create the print files (on my notebook) using print to
>     file, do I
>     need to tell it that the target printer is my HP895Cse?
>
>     Is there a better way to do this?
>
>     TIA
>
>     Joe
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