Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 11:47:26 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Olivier Perron <perron AT art DOT alcatel DOT fr>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Problem with DJGPP port of enscript and multi trays printer
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On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> 
> On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Olivier Perron wrote:
> 
> > Well, MS Word, MS Excel, Acrobat Reader do all print using the correct
> > tray.
> > Now, GhostScript use the wrong tray and so does Emacs ps-print-buffer
> > as it relies on GhostScript.
> 
> Do I understand correctly that *all* PostScript jobs use Ghostscript?  If 
> so, that might be a problem with Ghostscript, not with enscript.
> 
Not at all !!! When I use enscript to print, I only use enscript. I
principaly use enscript to print text files in landscape mode, with two
pages per sheet and with pretty headers.
But as I said, I also have the tray problem when I invoke enscript with no
options at all.
Now, could it be that enscript invoke GhostScript under my back to do the
PostScript output ?


> On the other hand, if the printer understands PostScript directly, why 
> do you use Ghostscript in conjunction with ps-print-buffer?
> 
Because the _emacs.xpml which comes with the DJGPP port of emacs does so.
But you are right. Nevertheless, if I feed my printer directly with the
output of ps-print-buffer, the wrong tray is used.


I have the feeling that my DOS programs generate "incorrect" PostScript
and that on the other hand, all of my Windows programs generate "correct"
PostScript in relation to my printer.