Re(2): PostScript Level 1 Workaround on OS X ?

My thanks to jrp59 and Thomas Kaiser.
I'll work on this as I get time
..

Paul Greenlee wrote:

> I'll work on this as I get time

In the meantime I created an installer for this purpose [1] which includes
two CUPS filters, the pdftops binary to produce Level 1 PostScript and a
small Droplet-Application, suitable to patch PPDs so they ensure the newly
installed Level 1 printers are used while printing.

The whole procedure doesn't depend on GhostScript or foomatic-rip [2] but
instead the PSNormalizer Framework in MacOS X 10.3 and the pdftops binary
from the Xpdf suite [3]

At the moment, the filters do NOT pass PPD features through, but most PS
Level 1 printers doesn't depend that much on such features, so it should
just work :-)

Regards,

Thomas

[1] <http://users.phg-online.de/tk/MOSXS/Enable_PS_Level_1.dmg>

[2] <http://www.linuxprinting.org/macosx/pslevel1/> Workaround for older
Laserwriters from Apple

[3] <http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/>