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- Add some missing application tags and entities;

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- Mention print/ghostscript-gpl as the commonly used version of gs(1).
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<emphasis>expensive</emphasis> standard. Thankfully, Aladdin <emphasis>expensive</emphasis> standard. Thankfully, Aladdin
Enterprises has a free &postscript; work-alike called Enterprises has a free &postscript; work-alike called
<application>Ghostscript</application> that runs with FreeBSD. <application>Ghostscript</application> that runs with FreeBSD.
Ghostscript can read most &postscript; files and can render their <application>Ghostscript</application> can read most &postscript; files and can render their
pages onto a variety of devices, including many brands of pages onto a variety of devices, including many brands of
non-PostScript printers. By installing Ghostscript and using a non-&postscript; printers. By installing <application>Ghostscript</application> and using a
special text filter for your printer, you can make your special text filter for your printer, you can make your
non &postscript; printer act like a real &postscript; printer.</para> non &postscript; printer act like a real &postscript; printer.</para>
<para>Ghostscript is in the FreeBSD Ports Collection, if you <para><application>Ghostscript</application> is in the FreeBSD Ports Collection,
would like to install it from there. You can fetch, build, and many versions are available, the most commonly used version
install it quite easily yourself, as well.</para> is <filename
role="package">print/ghostscript-gpl</filename>.</para>
<para>To simulate &postscript;, we have the text filter detect if it is <para>To simulate &postscript;, we have the text filter detect if it is
printing a &postscript; file. If it is not, then the filter will pass printing a &postscript; file. If it is not, then the filter will pass
the file directly to the printer; otherwise, it will use Ghostscript the file directly to the printer; otherwise, it will use <application>Ghostscript</application>
to first convert the file into a format the printer will to first convert the file into a format the printer will
understand.</para> understand.</para>
<para>Here is an example: the following script is a text filter <para>Here is an example: the following script is a text filter
for Hewlett Packard DeskJet 500 printers. For other printers, for Hewlett Packard DeskJet 500 printers. For other printers,
substitute the <option>-sDEVICE</option> argument to the substitute the <option>-sDEVICE</option> argument to the
<command>gs</command> (Ghostscript) command. (Type <command>gs <command>gs</command> (<application>Ghostscript</application>) command. (Type <command>gs
-h</command> to get a list of devices the current installation of -h</command> to get a list of devices the current installation of
Ghostscript supports.)</para> <application>Ghostscript</application> supports.)</para>
<programlisting>#!/bin/sh <programlisting>#!/bin/sh
# #