From: Jeff Sickel <jas@corpus-callosum.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2014 11:55:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <720B13E7-82AA-4494-AED0-B976B251130A@corpus-callosum.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8972015B-C2B6-492A-820C-D4461E468139@verizon.net>
Thomas,
You should be able to use one of several options:
open plotfile.ps # should open in Preview.app, allowing convert/save to pdf
/usr/bin/pstopdf
ps2pdf # if you’ve installed ghostscript or other toolchains
Don’t forget, you may need to add:
9 grap plotfile | 9 pic | 9troff -mm | 9 tr2post | 9 psfonts > plotfile.ps
-jas
On Apr 28, 2014, at 11:23 AM, Thomas <twest9@verizon.net> wrote:
> Following Steve's lead, I found this works :
>
> 9 grap plotfile | 9 pic | 9troff -mm | 9 tr2post > plotfile.ps
>
> lp plotfile.ps
>
>
> The OS X lp does not convert postscript.
>
> As far as I can see there is no plan9 lp.
>
> Thanks, Steve
>
> -Tom
>
> On Apr 24, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Steve Simon wrote:
>
>> I am no p9p expert, but on native plan9 you would do somthing like
>>
>> lp -dstdout > plot.ps
>>
>> This will generate a postscript version. Again on plan9 this is converted
>> on the fly by the lp printer subsystem into the apropriate form for your
>> printer.
>>
>> You could add another step to generate a pdf if thats easier. -
>>
>> grap plotfile | pic | troff -mm | lp -dstdout | ps2pdf > plot.pdf
>>
>> hope this helps.
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-04-28 16:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-24 17:39 Thomas
2014-04-24 18:24 ` Steve Simon
2014-04-28 16:23 ` Thomas
2014-04-28 16:55 ` Jeff Sickel [this message]
2014-04-30 15:34 ` Thomas
2014-05-01 9:47 ` stevie
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