does anyone have a non-postscript printer?

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 16, 2009, at 10:18 AM, Przemek Klosowski wrote:

>
> Ben Abbott wrote:
>> If someone does have a non-postscript printer and is inclined to do
>> some tests for me, I'd like to produce a raw file for it (assuming it
>> is supported by ghostscript) and see if it prints correctly.
>>
>> All I need to know is (1) the ghostscript device name, and (2) the   
>> page
>> size (usletter, or a4).
>
> The most common non-postscript printer language is probably HP's PCL
> (printer control language); ghostscript outputs PCL from the pcl3
> driver, as well as the various LaserJet and DeskJet drivers (lj*,  
> dj*).
>
> There is also bunch of specific inkjet drivers: Canon Bubblejet
> bj* and Epson epl* drivers, typically tied to a narrow range of  
> printer models.
>
> I think most HP printers that do PCL also use postscript nowadays,  
> but this is not the
> case for the inkjets.

I have a HP 2605n (color laser jet with postscript emulation, and  
PCL). I'm unable to produce a PCL file that will print. In octave, I  
type ...

	> figure(1)
	> surf(peaks(25))
	> print -dpsc test.ps

Then from a terminal command line

	$ gs -dBATCH -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dTextAlphaBits=4 -sDEVICE=pcl3 - 
sOutputFile="test.pcl" test.ps
	$ lpr -l test.pcl

The result is many pages that are mostly blank with some short lines  
of assorted symbols.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

Ben