does anyone have a non-postscript printer?

[Ben Abbott]

On Jun 17, 2009, at 2:56 PM, Thorsten Meyer wrote:

> Ben Abbott wrote:
>>
>> 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?
>>
> I guess that you need to add some kind of -raw option (try "-o raw")  
> to the lpr
> command, in order to tell the printer driver to feed the test.pcl  
> file directly
> to the printer (and not through the filter that translates normal  
> files into a
> format the printer understands).
>
> Thorsten

Presently we are using the "lpr -l ..." which my man page indicates is  
equivalent to "lpr -o raw ...". However, I did give it a try.  
Unfortunately, I still get the same result.

Ben