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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!news.cybercomm.net!usenet From: "Glen" <gi143@cybercomm.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Printing problem with Okidata OLE600. Date: 9 Sep 1996 23:59:00 GMT Organization: CyberComm Online Services Lines: 39 Message-ID: <01bb9f94$4e7e5920$7ac4abc7@glen> References: <01bb9e93$2739c860$9bc4abc7@glen> <3234727C.6028@www.play-hookey.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sl-026.sl.cybercomm.net X-Newsreader: Microsoft Internet News 4.70.1155 I don't know how to do that. Do you have any sorce for that problem or anyone else. Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> wrote in article <3234727C.6028@www.play-hookey.com>... > Glen wrote: > > > > This is my /etc/printcap! > > > > oki|lp|okidata laser:\ > > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sh:sd=var/spool/lpd/oki:\ > > :if=/usr/local/libexec/okiif: > > > > I have created the /var/spool/lpd/oki and chown to daemon. > > This is the filter file I'm using. > > > > printf "\033\&k2G" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0 > > exit 2 > > > > When I print I still get the stair case effect!!!! > > My next problem is my printer only prints the first few print requests > > then when I send another print job it prints blank pages only a couple. > > Then I check the que and it has been processed. If the system is > > shutdown the printer will print a few more requests. Then it will start > > printing blank pages for each request. > > > > Sounds like the classic LF-without-CR problem on the printer. If you > can't set your printer to automatically do a CR when it reads LF, you'll > have to add a short (C or other language) routine to check each > character and send a CR prior to each LF. > -- > Ken > > Are you interested in | > byte-sized education | http://www.play-hookey.com > over the Internet? | >