[Cialug] Printing without a driver, ..

[L. V. Lammert]

At 01:32 PM 9/9/2011, you wrote:
>On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 1:23 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
> > What is the simplest way to print an 'image' of a page? Is it as 
> simple as a
> > netcat?
>
>What exactly do you mean by 'image' and 'page'?

'image' = page formatted in the language of the printer - i.e. no 
driver or translation involved. Think .ps, though it isn't in this application.

>Most printers out there will take plain text and do something 
>intelligible with it, but
>for anything else you'll need something to convert your source format
>into PCL, PostScript, or whatever other commands your printer needs to
>make toner or ink to come out in the right places.

The page is already formatted properly in a file, the question is how 
[mechanically] would it get sent to the printer.

         Lee