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M$ISBS 02-23-2008 01:06 PM
What is ghostscript and do I need it?
 
Trying to install print driver and the readme says something about Ghostscript integration.

b0uncer 02-23-2008 01:10 PM
Quoted from http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
Quote:
Ghostscript, an interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF, and related software and documentation.
There you go. View Wikipedia or Ghostscript site for more information.

M$ISBS 02-23-2008 01:19 PM
So this ghostscript thing is not necessary for my printer to work? Is that correct?

b0uncer 02-23-2008 01:25 PM
Well it depends :) but for example a basic Windows installation comes without a ghostscript - it is available for Windows too - and it can print, so therefore it is not needed in order to print. If it was, it would probably be included in your system already.

EDIT: check out the FAQ at the Ghostscript site:
http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/faq.htm
At least the "What is Ghostscript" question and it's answer.


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