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<blockquote data-quote="gsahli" data-source="post: 1513089" data-attributes="member: 182015"><p>Postscript "was" the page formatting language used by Macs for many years. Apple is in the process of changing over to PDF, which is closely related to postscript.</p><p>For the USB-parallel connection, install this:</p><p><a href="http://buymelunch.org/printing/usbtb/" target="_blank">usbtb - high performance USB printing</a></p><p></p><p>HP-GL/2 is the standard print language supported by this plotter. HP-GL/2 is an open standard, and there are several choices for driver that "should" work.</p><p>The one I'm aware of is ghostscript. It accepts postscript and outputs HP-GL/2.</p><p>You need ghostscript and foomatic from here:</p><p><a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/foomatic" target="_blank">macosx/foomatic | The Linux Foundation</a></p><p></p><p>Then, you need to get creative to create a PPD file. Download the postscript one for the 1050c from:</p><p><a href="http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-DesignJet_1050C" target="_blank">Printer: HP DesignJet 1050C | OpenPrinting - The Linux Foundation</a></p><p></p><p>Now, you need a non-postscript PPD for a similar plotter:</p><p>(get D-jet 500)</p><p><a href="http://www.openprinting.org/driver/cdnj500" target="_blank">Driver: cdnj500 | OpenPrinting - The Linux Foundation</a></p><p></p><p>You'll have to experiment now - open the PPDs side by side, and replace all the page size sections, and the driver name wherever you find it. You want to end up with a non-postscript version of a PPD for the 1050c. (The Djet 500 PPD is the keeper - paste from the 1050c postscript one.) </p><p></p><p>By the way, ghostscript is the actual driver/postscript convertor, foomatic interprets the PPD and creates very long "print" commands for ghostscript to execute.</p><p></p><p>Sorry it's not easy!</p><p>Come back with questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gsahli, post: 1513089, member: 182015"] Postscript "was" the page formatting language used by Macs for many years. Apple is in the process of changing over to PDF, which is closely related to postscript. For the USB-parallel connection, install this: [url=http://buymelunch.org/printing/usbtb/]usbtb - high performance USB printing[/url] HP-GL/2 is the standard print language supported by this plotter. HP-GL/2 is an open standard, and there are several choices for driver that "should" work. The one I'm aware of is ghostscript. It accepts postscript and outputs HP-GL/2. You need ghostscript and foomatic from here: [url=http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/macosx/foomatic]macosx/foomatic | The Linux Foundation[/url] Then, you need to get creative to create a PPD file. Download the postscript one for the 1050c from: [url=http://www.openprinting.org/printer/HP/HP-DesignJet_1050C]Printer: HP DesignJet 1050C | OpenPrinting - The Linux Foundation[/url] Now, you need a non-postscript PPD for a similar plotter: (get D-jet 500) [url=http://www.openprinting.org/driver/cdnj500]Driver: cdnj500 | OpenPrinting - The Linux Foundation[/url] You'll have to experiment now - open the PPDs side by side, and replace all the page size sections, and the driver name wherever you find it. You want to end up with a non-postscript version of a PPD for the 1050c. (The Djet 500 PPD is the keeper - paste from the 1050c postscript one.) By the way, ghostscript is the actual driver/postscript convertor, foomatic interprets the PPD and creates very long "print" commands for ghostscript to execute. Sorry it's not easy! Come back with questions. [/QUOTE]
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