[bug-gswin] Directing output to a network printer

[Eugen Ostrowski]

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Symptoms: The description in devices.htm suggest:

If a Windows printer name is specified in -sOutputFile using the format
"\\spool\printer_name", for instance

gs ... -sOutputFile="\\spool\Apple LaserWriter II NT"

then Ghostscript attempts to open the Windows printer without prompting
(except, of course, if the printer is connected to FILE:). Ghostscript
attempts to set the ....

this works fine with printers directly connected with pc, but fails with
printers in LAN.



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Ghostscript version (or include output from "gs -h"): 7.05

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Where you got Ghostscript:
Don't know exactly, I think it was with a LaTex CD years ago.

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Hardware system you are using (including printer model if the problem
involves printing): doesn't matter

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Operating system you are using: W2k SP4

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If you are using X Windows, and your problem involved output to the
screen, the output from running xdpyinfo and xwininfo:

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C compiler you are using, including its version, if you compiled
Ghostscript yourself:

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If you compiled Ghostscript yourself, changes you made to the makefiles:

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Environment variables:

	GS_DEVICE

	GS_FONTPATH

	GS_LIB

	GS_OPTIONS

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Command line:

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URL or FTP location of test files (include the data at the end of this
form if 500K or less):


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Suggested fix, if any:

Please complete the documentation:

If you want to direct the output to a network printer connected at a machine
named PC the command should be:

gs ... -sOutputFile="\\spool\\\PC\Apple LaserWriter II NT"

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Other comments:
It's not a bug, it's a feature!-))



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