Re: Printing ?


Subject: Re: Printing ?
From: Charles Lepple (charles@ghz.cc)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2001 - 16:33:08 MDT


--On Sunday, April 1, 2001 4:54 PM -0500 Barry Sparenborg
<barrys@jorsm.com> wrote:
> edited the device infor in the /etc/printcap file. Tried to print a test
> page, through printtool, the data light comes on at the printer but

Silly me, a direct-to-port printer probably won't have a filter :-)

Using the following filter (if=/path/to/filter) should work:

#!/bin/sh
cat
printf "\014"

...that is, if the printer really only wants another form feed.

-- 
Charles Lepple <charles@ghz.cc>
http://www.ghz.cc/charles/



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