Introduction
GP is an application for Unix and provides GUI interface of
Unix Printing System. With GP, you can print easily and stably
on Unix. BSD system, which is one of Unix systems, has commands
(such as lpr, lpq, or lprm) for printing, and ensuring/removing
print queues. These commands, however, are complicated for Unix
novices. When a printer registered "/etc/printcap" has several
filters, it makes them more complicated, and some novices may
print Postscript files as Text files. Then you know what happens
and it wastes lots of papers and time.
To avoid this situation, use GP!. When a file is selected,
GP determines its filetype automatically by its filename
extension and it also determines the appropriate printer.
GP has Windows95-like user interface, which is employed in
Tcl/Tk's minor version is the late of 1996.
GP has the following characteristics :
- You can avoid miss-printing because GP automatically
recognize a file type and a default printer for the
file by checking its file extension.
- You can preview a file before printing.
- When GP users try to print files and those files
are specified not to be printed by the administrator,
the users cannot print those files.
- Because File Selection Menu has a Windows95-like
interface, Unix novices can use GP easily.
- You can easily set options of the filters.
- You can remove a queue with only pushing one button.
21st Mar. 1998
UEDA Hiroyuki
Changes
GP ver.2.5p1 has been changed/improved :
- GP can works for a printer connected to Digital Unix machine.
- User account name is used as a temporary directory for one.
- You can save a file converted by a filter.
- Some bugs were fixed.
- GP file size were reduced.
If you use GP ver.2.5, only change of GP for you is that "Save as ..." button
was added on File Print Window. So all you have to do is checking
3. Printing page.
Index
- Introduction
- Start GP
- Printing
- Option Confuguration
- Printer Status
- Removing Print Queue
- Bugs Reports and Obtaining Latest Version GP
- Developing Plan