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From: homer@lightlink.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: postscript -> ghostscript -> HP8600
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 21:38:47 -0400 (EDT)
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    I have a properly setup CentOS 7 box, running the latest
ghostscript.

    I use gnuplot to produce postscript plots which I wish to
print on these newer HP Office Jet Pro 86xx which do not
accept postscript.

    I am told I can use the HPLIP package to make ghostscript
properly convert postscript to HP8600 format.

     However I have found no serious documentation on how to use
ghostscript with HPLIP, and the HPLIP web site is horrid.

    The command line I am told is:

#!/bin/bash
 
gs \
-sDEVICE=ijs -sIjsServer=hpijs \
-dIjsUseOutputFD \
-sDeviceManufacturer="HP"  \
-sDeviceModel="OfficeJet Pro 8600 E-aio n911a" \
/tmp/data.ps     <- output of gnuplot.
 
       Which produces the following errors:

Script started on Thu 14 Jun 2018 09:33:36 PM EDT
[root@vm2 ~]# testgs

GPL Ghostscript 9.07 (2013-02-14)
Copyright (C) 2012 Artifex Software, Inc.  All rights reserved.
This software comes with NO WARRANTY: see the file PUBLIC for details.
GPL Ghostscript 9.07: **** Could not open the file  .
**** Unable to open the initial device, quitting.
[root@vm2 ~]# 

Script done on Thu 14 Jun 2018 09:33:40 PM EDT

     The errors are too cryptic for me to understand what they are
referring to.

     Thanks for your help.

     Homer