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Message-ID: <011f01c250be$5959a250$0600a8c0@JIMGEORGE>
From: "Jim George" <jim DOT george AT blueyonder DOT co DOT uk>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
References: <85256C26 DOT 000D0E3C DOT 00 AT cinote DOT computrition DOT com>
Subject: Re: printing from within Cygwin
Date: Sat, 31 Aug 2002 08:16:34 +0100
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Igor,

    sorry to reply to Fred's email but I lost your original post.

    There must be something wrong with my installation as I get the
following on stdout when executing lpr-mine <filename> (BTW PRINTER is
defined)

Error: /undefined in --get--
Operand stack:
   --nostringval--   NoCancel   true   OutputFile
(\\\\spool\\\\\\gateway\\epson)
UserSettings   --dict:1/1(L)--   --dict:86/86(G)--   (mswinpr2)
Execution stack:
   %interp_exit
.runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
%stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   false
1   %stopped_push
.runexec2   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   2
%stopped_push   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nostringval--   --nost
ringval--
Dictionary stack:
   --dict:1081/1123(ro)(G)--   --dict:0/20(G)--   --dict:69/200(L)--
Current allocation mode is local
Last OS error: 2
GNU Ghostscript 7.05: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1

    Can you offer any help?

Thanks,

Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: <Fred_Smith AT computrition DOT com>
To: <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 3:24 AM
Subject: Re: printing from within Cygwin


> Igor:
>
> Thanks for all the info! I'll review it all next week after the holiday.
>
> I see you work at Watson labs,... do you by any chance know my brother
> (David N. Smith) ???
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Fred
>
>
>
>
> Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu> on 08/30/2002 05:59:39 PM
>
> Please respond to cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
>
> To:   Fred Smith/Computrition
> cc:   cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
> Subject:  Re: printing from within Cygwin
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 30 Aug 2002 Fred_Smith AT computrition DOT com wrote:
> > Trying to figure out how to print from a Cywin (console) app.
> >
> > Porting a Linux app to cygwin. On Linux it uses popen() to pipe output
to
> a
> > shellscript which in turn cats its input to lpr (it may do other things,
> > and may transform the data, but that's the ultimate goal).
> >
> > trying to figure out how to do something akin to that under cygwin.
> >
> > Invoking "lpr <filename>" at the command prompt comes back with an error
> > message:
> >
> >      can't open 'prn' for writing.
> >
> > Advice would be appreciated. (I hope you're not going to tell me I need
> to
> > learn all about the innards of windoze printing!)
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Fred
> No, learning the innards of "windoze" printing is not necessary.  Learning
> ghostscript options, however, wouldn't hurt. ;-)
> I have been using the attached script for a while.  It works on my current
> system (Win2k with gs7.03 installed).  Note the disabled support for
> gsprint -- I couldn't get it to work properly.  If anyone can get the
> gsprint part to work, please let me know.
> I also had to tweak the standard gslp.ps that comes with ghostscript to
> allow printing standard input properly (modified script attached).  My
> copy of gslp.ps is in /usr/local/bin, and the script expects to find it
> there.
> The -P option and the $PRINTER variable will recognize windows printer
> names (spaces and all).  'ware of the backslashes...  Use the -Q option to
> select the printer using the windows printer selection dialog.
>      Igor
> --
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>
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