Send postscript file directly to printer

I do not think you can do it, unless there is a utility from the printer manufacturer that does it. Otherwise, open the file with Preview and print it from there.

For networked Postscript printers, you can use Terminal to send the PS file directly to the printer.

If the printer being used is the only printer installed on the Mac or the default, then you can use:

lp filename.ps

Note that you should change directories to the location where the file resides. Otherwise you will need to enter the full path to the filename.

If there is more than one printer residing on the Mac, then you can use:

lp -d printer_name filename.ps

For more information about printing from Command Line, refer to the Online CUPS documentation.

http://localhost:631/help/options.html?TOPIC=Getting+Started&QUERY=#BASICS

Pahu

PAHU wrote:
If there is more than one printer residing on the Mac, then you can use:

lp -d printer_name filename.ps

This will send the file to the printer without using a print window. I do not believe that it will bypass any of the other processing (filters) that act on the file.

If you want to send the raw PostScript to a PostScript printer, you would use:

lp -d printer_name -o raw filename.ps