[PLUG] Questions re lpr and imaging

[John Jason Jordan]

On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:45:31 -0700
John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> dijo:

> However, while waiting for a response from the creator of the document
> I discovered a solution. I had earlier discovered that I could not get
> output with either the PCL or PS drivers from Adobe Reader 9.1 on
> Windows. Reader / Windows happily sent the file to the printer, but the
> output was full of errors.
> 
> So, instead of printing to the printer from Reader / Windows I printed
> to file. Windows creates .prn files instead of .ps files - not sure
> what the difference is. But I do know that sending the .prn file via
> lpr works great. Still no "RIP once, print many," but it RIPs so fast
> that it still gives me 85% of the rated speed of the printer. I do not
> understand why the PS file that I created by printing to file from
> Okular on Jaunty would not output at all. Clearly, there is a
> difference between the PS created by Okular and the PRN created by
> Reader / Windows.

One final issue in my printing saga.

I need to reprint just a few pages of the middle of the 151-page
document. The following lpr option does not work:

-o page-ranges=119-151

It just starts printing from page 1.

Any suggestions?