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Posted on 05-10-2021 | admin





by Christian Walther <cwalther@gmx.ch>, 2002-2004 - page last changed on
2011-10-16

ESP Ghostscript (ESPGS) is an open-source PostScript interpreter derived from
GNU Ghostscript. This package is required; it provides full support for printing
from Carbon applications in Mac OS X. Ghostscript 9.50 Full. Ghostscript 9.27
was released April 4, 2019. Below is a signed and notarized Macintosh install
package for this version of Ghostscript. The package works on macOS Sierra and
above, for Intel. In case of trouble, you can revert to Ghostscript 9.26 by just
installing on top of Ghostscript 9.27. Ghostscript 9.27. Ghostscript, GhostPCL,
GhostXPS, and GhostPDL Downloads. This page will help direct you to downloads
and information about the open source and commercially licensed releases for:
Ghostscript, GhostPCL, GhostXPS, and GhostPDL. Free download GHOST READER GHOST
READER for Mac OS X. GHOST READER - GhostReader allows you to listen while your
Mac does the talking in your language of choice.

Ghostscript for Mac OS X. Build scripts for creating a package for Ghostscript
on Mac OS X. Download and install Packages, which is the application that builds
the installer packages.


INTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

Ghostscript We have reports that Ghostscript is broken, but actually it isn't.
We ship two Ghostscript binaries, one with support for X11 and one without this
support. The binaries, in /usr/local/bin, are named gs-X11 and gs-noX11. The
file gs in this location is a link to the approprite binary. PDFwriter is a
printer driver for Mac OS X, which will let you generate PDF files by simply
printing. PDFwriter is heavily based on CUPS-PDF. It doesn't use ghostscript to
generate PDF files, instead it uses the Mac OS X internal pdf capabilities.

As Apple doesn't support such legacy technology as serial printers in Mac OS X,
getting my trusty old StyleWriter II to work required digging a bit deeper into
Mac OS X' Unix foundation.

On Mac OS X 10.1.5, my experiments finally succeeded using a combination of the
Unix Line Printer Daemon that comes with Mac OS X (but normally doesn't run),
Ghostscript for converting a PostScript print job to a bitmap image, and Monroe
Williams' 'lpstyl' StyleWriter driver for Unix. StyleWriter Enabler is a nice
mac-like installer program (written using AppleScript Studio) that will help you
install and configure the necessary Unix software to take advantage of that
method.

When Mac OS X 10.2 'Jaguar' came along, I had to develop a new method, as lpd,
the Line Printer Daemon, is no longer present there. However, as Jaguar uses
CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, there is another, much simpler method:
linuxprinting.org's 'Foomatic' system, which acts as an interface between CUPS,
Ghostscript, and lpstyl. However, for not-so-Unix-savvy people, this can still
be complicated to install and configure, so that I wrapped up that software into
an installer package and wrote some small AppleScripts to do the configuration.

On Mac OS X 10.3 'Panther' and 10.4 'Tiger', including 10.4 on Intel Macs, this
solution turned out to still work without modification. That's why the
documentation inside the package wasn't updated either and only refers to 10.2.
It also works on 10.5 'Leopard' and 10.6 'Snow Leopard', although the installer
stops with an error (see the note below).

According to the lpstyl documentation, both methods should work for StyleWriter
I, StyleWriter II, StyleWriter 1200, Color StyleWriter 1500, Color StyleWriter
2200, Color StyleWriter 2400, Color StyleWriter 2500. I have tested it myself
with a StyleWriter II and have received reports of it working with Color
StyleWriters 2400 and 2500.

Troubleshooting:

 * Apparently Mac OS X 10.3's fax reception feature can interfere with the
   StyleWriter software. If your StyleWriter only prints intermittently or stops
   in the middle of a print job, and the system log
   (/Applications/Utilities/Console) shows 'AppleSCCSerial: gTimerCanceled set
   to Zero', try turning off fax reception. Thanks to Wolf Drechsel for finding
   this.
 * Naoko Sakihama reports problems printing from Adobe Reader 8 on 10.4.8
   (MacBook) to a StyleWriter II using ESP Ghostscript 7.05.5 (which was
   previously available here). Updating to ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1 (available
   below) fixed this. (Myself, I have no trouble using either version of
   Ghostscript.)
 * If your Ghostscript was installed by MacPorts in /opt/local, or somewhere
   else outside of /usr/local, /usr, /, /sw, it will not be found by cupsomatic.
   To fix this, edit /usr/libexec/cups/filter/cupsomatic, inserting your
   Ghostscript path in $execpath on line 22. Thanks to Tom Pfeifer for the
   report.


ADD GHOSTSCRIPT TO WINDOWS PATH



INSTALL GHOSTSCRIPT ON MAC


NOTE FOR USERS OF MAC OS X 10.5 'LEOPARD' AND 10.6 'SNOW LEOPARD'

On 10.5 and, as far as I'm told, 10.6, the current Foomatic for StyleWriter
installer stops with an error message saying The following step failed: run
postflight script for Foomatic for StyleWriter. However, the required components
have already been installed at that point, and the step that failed is not
necessary anymore on 10.5 and later, so the software still works. You can
continue with the configuration (Choose Serial Port for StyleWriter and Add
StyleWriter to Printer List scripts) normally, and the StyleWriter should work.
If not, try restarting your Mac.

I may release an updated version that fixes the error (and brings some other
things up to date) when I have time, but don't count on it. Supporting
StyleWriters is very low on my priority list right now. If anybody else wants to
take over, I'd be happy to assist.

The outdated version of Ghostscript available below may not work on 10.5 or
later. You may want to try a more recent version. Version 8.64 from OpenPrinting
has been reported to work, and the newer versions available there (8.71 at the
time of writing) should work as well.



FOOMATIC FOR STYLEWRITER FOR MAC OS X 10.2 - 10.6

Download these two disk images and open the enclosed installer packages to use
your StyleWriter on Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, or 10.6.

Foomatic for StyleWriter - 134 KB
This disk image includes lpstyl, all parts of foomatic necessary for using a
StyleWriter, and documentation. It does not include Ghostscript, which is
required as well. If you don't already have the Unix command line version of
Ghostscript (if you don't know what I'm talking about, you probably don't),
download and install the ESP Ghostscript package below. Any other Ghostscript
package, like the ones installed by Fink or Gerben Wierda's i-Installer, should
work as well.


ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1 - 5.5 MB
This was, according to their Sourceforge project page, 'an up-to-date GNU
Ghostscript distribution including bug fixes, new drivers, and additional
support for CUPS', but is outdated now. It was just mirrored here as a
convenience and will not be kept up to date. Newer versions are available here,
among other places.



STYLEWRITER ENABLER FOR MAC OS X 10.1.5

This software will not work on Mac OS X 10.2 and later. It is kept here mainly
out of historical interest.


GHOSTSCRIPT PRINTER

StyleWriter Enabler, fat version - 6.2 MB
This disk image includes everything you need, including a Ghostscript installer,
an uninstaller and documentation. Use this if you don't care about having the
latest Ghostscript version, and if you want to be able to install offline.


StyleWriter Enabler, thin version - 1.2 MB
This disk image includes a 'thin' version of the Ghostscript installer, which
downloads the Ghostscript software at install time. Use this if you already have
the Unix command line version of Ghostscript, or if you want to download the
latest version of Ghostscript at install time. Note that this might not work
anymore because it uses an outdated version of i-Installer.



LINKS

 * Information on using other serial printers on Mac OS X (most of it does not
   apply to StyleWriters): Serial Printing for Mac OS X by Matt Broughton
 * lpstyl for Mac OS X on OpenPrinting


BREW INSTALL GHOSTSCRIPT


GSWIN64C EXE WINDOWS 10



GPL GHOSTSCRIPT 8.71

lpstyl 0.9.9 © 1996-2000 by Monroe Williams, used with permission
Foomatic code and companion database by Grant Taylor, Till Kamppeter and
contributors, licensed under the GNU General Public License
i-Installer © 2002 by Gerben Wierda, used with permission
Beta testing and dutch localization of StyleWriter Enabler by Oscar Laurens
Schrover
Everything else by Christian Walther, public domain - do with it what you like
as long as you don't claim it's your work.
Comments are closed.


by Christian Walther <cwalther@gmx.ch>, 2002-2004 - page last changed on
2011-10-16


INTRODUCTION AND TECHNICAL BACKGROUND

Ghostscript We have reports that Ghostscript is broken, but actually it isn't.
We ship two Ghostscript binaries, one with support for X11 and one without this
support. The binaries, in /usr/local/bin, are named gs-X11 and gs-noX11. The
file gs in this location is a link to the approprite binary. PDFwriter is a
printer driver for Mac OS X, which will let you generate PDF files by simply
printing. PDFwriter is heavily based on CUPS-PDF. It doesn't use ghostscript to
generate PDF files, instead it uses the Mac OS X internal pdf capabilities.

As Apple doesn't support such legacy technology as serial printers in Mac OS X,
getting my trusty old StyleWriter II to work required digging a bit deeper into
Mac OS X' Unix foundation.

On Mac OS X 10.1.5, my experiments finally succeeded using a combination of the
Unix Line Printer Daemon that comes with Mac OS X (but normally doesn't run),
Ghostscript for converting a PostScript print job to a bitmap image, and Monroe
Williams' 'lpstyl' StyleWriter driver for Unix. StyleWriter Enabler is a nice
mac-like installer program (written using AppleScript Studio) that will help you
install and configure the necessary Unix software to take advantage of that
method.

When Mac OS X 10.2 'Jaguar' came along, I had to develop a new method, as lpd,
the Line Printer Daemon, is no longer present there. However, as Jaguar uses
CUPS, the Common Unix Printing System, there is another, much simpler method:
linuxprinting.org's 'Foomatic' system, which acts as an interface between CUPS,
Ghostscript, and lpstyl. However, for not-so-Unix-savvy people, this can still
be complicated to install and configure, so that I wrapped up that software into
an installer package and wrote some small AppleScripts to do the configuration.

On Mac OS X 10.3 'Panther' and 10.4 'Tiger', including 10.4 on Intel Macs, this
solution turned out to still work without modification. That's why the
documentation inside the package wasn't updated either and only refers to 10.2.
It also works on 10.5 'Leopard' and 10.6 'Snow Leopard', although the installer
stops with an error (see the note below).

According to the lpstyl documentation, both methods should work for StyleWriter
I, StyleWriter II, StyleWriter 1200, Color StyleWriter 1500, Color StyleWriter
2200, Color StyleWriter 2400, Color StyleWriter 2500. I have tested it myself
with a StyleWriter II and have received reports of it working with Color
StyleWriters 2400 and 2500.

Troubleshooting:

 * Apparently Mac OS X 10.3's fax reception feature can interfere with the
   StyleWriter software. If your StyleWriter only prints intermittently or stops
   in the middle of a print job, and the system log
   (/Applications/Utilities/Console) shows 'AppleSCCSerial: gTimerCanceled set
   to Zero', try turning off fax reception. Thanks to Wolf Drechsel for finding
   this.
 * Naoko Sakihama reports problems printing from Adobe Reader 8 on 10.4.8
   (MacBook) to a StyleWriter II using ESP Ghostscript 7.05.5 (which was
   previously available here). Updating to ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1 (available
   below) fixed this. (Myself, I have no trouble using either version of
   Ghostscript.)
 * If your Ghostscript was installed by MacPorts in /opt/local, or somewhere
   else outside of /usr/local, /usr, /, /sw, it will not be found by cupsomatic.
   To fix this, edit /usr/libexec/cups/filter/cupsomatic, inserting your
   Ghostscript path in $execpath on line 22. Thanks to Tom Pfeifer for the
   report.


ADD GHOSTSCRIPT TO WINDOWS PATH



INSTALL GHOSTSCRIPT ON MAC


NOTE FOR USERS OF MAC OS X 10.5 'LEOPARD' AND 10.6 'SNOW LEOPARD'

On 10.5 and, as far as I'm told, 10.6, the current Foomatic for StyleWriter
installer stops with an error message saying The following step failed: run
postflight script for Foomatic for StyleWriter. However, the required components
have already been installed at that point, and the step that failed is not
necessary anymore on 10.5 and later, so the software still works. You can
continue with the configuration (Choose Serial Port for StyleWriter and Add
StyleWriter to Printer List scripts) normally, and the StyleWriter should work.
If not, try restarting your Mac.

I may release an updated version that fixes the error (and brings some other
things up to date) when I have time, but don't count on it. Supporting
StyleWriters is very low on my priority list right now. If anybody else wants to
take over, I'd be happy to assist.

The outdated version of Ghostscript available below may not work on 10.5 or
later. You may want to try a more recent version. Version 8.64 from OpenPrinting
has been reported to work, and the newer versions available there (8.71 at the
time of writing) should work as well.



FOOMATIC FOR STYLEWRITER FOR MAC OS X 10.2 - 10.6

Download these two disk images and open the enclosed installer packages to use
your StyleWriter on Mac OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, or 10.6.

Foomatic for StyleWriter - 134 KB
This disk image includes lpstyl, all parts of foomatic necessary for using a
StyleWriter, and documentation. It does not include Ghostscript, which is
required as well. If you don't already have the Unix command line version of
Ghostscript (if you don't know what I'm talking about, you probably don't),
download and install the ESP Ghostscript package below. Any other Ghostscript
package, like the ones installed by Fink or Gerben Wierda's i-Installer, should
work as well.


ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1 - 5.5 MB
This was, according to their Sourceforge project page, 'an up-to-date GNU
Ghostscript distribution including bug fixes, new drivers, and additional
support for CUPS', but is outdated now. It was just mirrored here as a
convenience and will not be kept up to date. Newer versions are available here,
among other places.



STYLEWRITER ENABLER FOR MAC OS X 10.1.5

This software will not work on Mac OS X 10.2 and later. It is kept here mainly
out of historical interest.

StyleWriter Enabler, fat version - 6.2 MB
This disk image includes everything you need, including a Ghostscript installer,
an uninstaller and documentation. Use this if you don't care about having the
latest Ghostscript version, and if you want to be able to install offline.


StyleWriter Enabler, thin version - 1.2 MB
This disk image includes a 'thin' version of the Ghostscript installer, which
downloads the Ghostscript software at install time. Use this if you already have
the Unix command line version of Ghostscript, or if you want to download the
latest version of Ghostscript at install time. Note that this might not work
anymore because it uses an outdated version of i-Installer.



LINKS

 * Information on using other serial printers on Mac OS X (most of it does not
   apply to StyleWriters): Serial Printing for Mac OS X by Matt Broughton
 * lpstyl for Mac OS X on OpenPrinting


WHAT IS GHOSTSCRIPT


GSWIN64C EXE WINDOWS 10



GPL GHOSTSCRIPT 8.71

lpstyl 0.9.9 © 1996-2000 by Monroe Williams, used with permission
Foomatic code and companion database by Grant Taylor, Till Kamppeter and
contributors, licensed under the GNU General Public License
i-Installer © 2002 by Gerben Wierda, used with permission
Beta testing and dutch localization of StyleWriter Enabler by Oscar Laurens
Schrover
Everything else by Christian Walther, public domain - do with it what you like
as long as you don't claim it's your work.
Comments are closed.






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