source: pst/printing/espgs.xml@ 73ddd1a0

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  <!ENTITY espgs-size          "5.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY espgs-buildsize     "116-140 MB (depends on if libgs.so is installed)">
  <!ENTITY espgs-time          "1.65-3.20 SBU">
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<sect1 id="espgs" xreflabel="ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version;">
<?dbhtml filename="espgs.html"?>
<title>ESP Ghostscript-&espgs-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Ghostscript</application></title>

<para><application>Ghostscript</application> is a versatile processor for 
PostScript data with the ability to render PostScript to different targets. 
ESP Ghostscript is a customized version of <acronym>GNU</acronym> Ghostscript 
that includes an enhanced configuration script, the <acronym>
CUPS</acronym> raster driver to support <acronym>CUPS</acronym> raster printer 
drivers, and additional patches and drivers from
various Linux distributors.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&espgs-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&espgs-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &espgs-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &espgs-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &espgs-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Standard fonts: <ulink
url="ftp://mirror.cs.wisc.edu/pub/mirrors/ghost/fonts/ghostscript-fonts-std-8.11.tar.gz"/>
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Other fonts: <ulink
url="http://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/ghostscript/gnu-gs-fonts-other-6.0.tar.gz"/>
</para></listitem>
<!-- Cyrillic fonts are now a part of ghostscript-fonts-std -->
</itemizedlist></sect3>

<sect3><title><application>Ghostscript</application>
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="cups"/>, <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, <xref
linkend="libpng"/>, X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>), <xref
linkend="GLib"/>, <xref linkend="GTK"/> and
<xref linkend="gimp-print"/>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Ghostscript</application></title>

<para>Install <application>Ghostscript</application> by running the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --without-gimp-print --without-omni &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To install the shared library <filename>libgs.so</filename> you
will need <xref linkend="GTK"/>.</para>

<para>Proceed with the following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>make CFLAGS_SO='-fPIC $(ACDEFS)' so &amp;&amp;
make soinstall</command></userinput></screen>

<note><para>The shared library is only used in external programs like
<xref linkend="gsview"/>.</para></note>

<para>To finish the installation, unpack all fonts you've downloaded to
<filename class="directory">/usr/share/ghostscript</filename>.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--without-gimp-print</option>: This switch disables
the building of the <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> print driver
as a Ghostscript device since this is deprecated.
This driver may be still accessible via <acronym>IJS</acronym>
or <application><acronym>CUPS</acronym></application>,
and this is the preferred way.</para>
<!-- This also fails with Gimp-Print-4.2.6-rc1 or later -->

<para><option>--without-ijs</option>: This switch disables the
<acronym>IJS</acronym> driver support.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>Ghostscript comes with a lot of filters to render
PostScript/<acronym>PDF</acronym> files back and forth. Please 
refer to the <acronym>HTML</acronym> documentation or try
<command>man gs</command>. <acronym>ESP</acronym> Ghostscript provides 
pstoraster too.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>

<title>Description</title>

<sect3>
<title>pstoraster</title>
<para><acronym>CUPS</acronym> uses <command>pstoraster</command> filter to convert
PostScript to a generic raster image format that is acceptable as an input to
drivers for non-PostScript printers (e.g., from
<xref linkend="gimp-print"/>).
It is built and installed only if 
<xref linkend="cups"/> is found.</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>