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From: burgess@s069.infonet.net (Dave Burgess)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Output problems with parallel printer. How do I fix?
Date: 17 Jul 1994 13:53:41 -0500
Organization: Configuration Management Svcs, Inc
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Message-ID: <30bunl$bf@s069.infonet.net>
References: <1994Jul16.014916.21211@merlin.hgc.edu> <30bk1f$34k@quagga.ru.ac.za>
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In article <30bk1f$34k@quagga.ru.ac.za>, Geoff Rehmet <csgr@cs.ru.ac.za> wrote:
}In <1994Jul16.014916.21211@merlin.hgc.edu> noni4737@hgc.edu (walter noniewicz) writes:
}
}>I killed the daemon, deleted all other files under /var/spool/lpd, shutdown
}>the system and reset the printer. Then when I executed "lpr myfile" I
}>received:
}>This is my file.
}> This is another line of the same file.
}
}>When I executed "lpr myfile" again, I received:
}> This is my file.
}> This is
}
}Your printer is expecting DOS-style CR-LF sequences at the ends of
}lines in files. (It is only getting carriage returns, no linefeeds.)
}You will have to either filter your output files to add these, or you
}will have to change your printer's settings (I'm not sure if you can do
}this).
}
}Geoff.
You can also change the ff: (I think) settings in your /etc/printcap so
that whenever your system sends a FF, the printer is faked out. The
trick is to send whatever printer commands are appropriate (I think I
used 12 LPI, 1 Inch Left Margin, CR=CR+LF, and FF in the one I set up
in Texas).
I think that this is in the FAQ. I will check to make sure, and if it
isn't, I will add it this afternoon.
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