[9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[Thomas]

I use p9p to create plots in the usual plan9 way, and I can view them with proof.

For example in p9p,

9 grap plotfile | 9 pic | 9 troff -mm |proof

produces the expected plot result.

But, I have not been able to find  gs or other translator to use to print the result on my HP PCL 3 printer (HP J6480).

The OS is OSX 10.6.8 on a MacBookPro.

Any help much appreciated.

-Tom

Re: [9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[Steve Simon]

I am no p9p expert, but on native plan9 you would do somthing like

	grap plotfile | pic | troff -mm | 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

Re: [9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[Thomas]

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
>
>

Re: [9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[Jeff Sickel]

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
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

Re: [9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[Thomas]

Thanks, Jeff I didn't know about "open".

Both preview and the OS X lp command allow printing of the ps file.

-Tom


On Apr 28, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

Re: [9fans] Need help setting up MacPro to prepare ps files for printing on HP PCL 3 printer (HP 6480)

[stevie]

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From: Thomas <twest9@verizon.net>
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: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:34:58 -0400
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Thanks, Jeff I didn't know about "open".

Both preview and the OS X lp command allow printing of the ps file.

-Tom


On Apr 28, 2014, at 12:55 PM, Jeff Sickel wrote:

> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
>