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Printing from terminal, printing a postscript file
Authored by: izen on Jun 11, '02 10:27:35PM

I have configured lpr printers in OSX (thanks for the tip about not using the default queue), but now I would like to use the lpr, lpq etc command from a terminal (Darwin) window. An lpq -a shows none of the printers that show from a linux box on the same network. What need I do to make my mac's unix side aware of printers?

In OSX how do I print a .ps file? I know I can do from a command line with lpr - if I can make the printers known to Darwin - but I want to know how to do it with the OSX GUI. Dropping it on a printer queue opened by double clicking a printer in PrintCenter doesn't do it, and Mac OSX help is useless. It tells you how to make .ps files, but not what to do with them.

Thanks for the advice!
Joe



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