printing (still)

[Cynthia Croy]

I had to take a break from trying to solve my printing problems in order 
to prepare for a class.

I am very grateful for the responses I received. One of them asked for a 
copy of my printcap:

LaserWriter_310 is the default. It is the only one that gives me any 
sort of output.

# Hand edited changes can be put in /etc/printcap.local, and will be 
included.

LaserWriter_310:\
    :ml=0:\
    :mx=0:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310/LaserWriter_310.acct:\
    :sh:\
    :lp=/dev/ttyS1:

lw_310:\
    :ml=0:\
    :mx=0:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lw_310:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/lw_310/lw_310.acct:\
    :sh:\
    :lp=/dev/ttyS1:\
    :lpd_bounce=true:\
    :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:

###############################################################################
## Everything below here is included verbatim from 
/etc/printcap.local       ##
###############################################################################
# printcap.local
#
# This file is included by printconf's generated printcap,
# and can be used to specify custom hand edited printers.

LW310:\
    :ml=0:\
    :mx=0:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310/LaserWriter_310.acct:\
    :sh:\
    :lp=/dev/ttyS1:
    :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
 
Since my last post, I have discovered that xfig gives me perfect output 
- at least for the two drawings I made. I suppose it is still possible 
that it won't be perfect if I use some other options. This is only from 
within the application however. If I try to print from the command line, 
the output is the postscript text (I'm guessing).

I also discovered I can print html files from Netscape. However, the 
page formatting isn't correct. Abiword, Kword, Mozilla, Emacs, 
ghostview, and xpdf don't print.

So far I have gotten the Redhat postscript test pages and xfig documents 
to print perfectly. For everything else, I get nothing (status light 
blinks for a while then gives up) or I get output that isn't quite 
right. My guess is that it is an issue with filtering output from the 
application to something my printer can understand. I don't have any 
idea what to do about it, though.

The setup of my printer (that gives output) is a raw queue set up with 
the print tool, and gpr using my printer's ppd from Adobe. The 
linuxprinting ppd's for the Apple Laserwriter NT and Laserwriter Select 
360 do not work.

I am running Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 on a PowerBase.

Thank you again for any help.