Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 23:52:04 -0600 From: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net> To: Stranger Bone <ben@narcissus.ml.org> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: elimating the staircase problem on an HP DeskJet 400 Message-ID: <32F42B84.167EB0E7@nconnect.net> References: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970201192837.687A-100000@narcissus.ml.org>
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Stranger Bone wrote:
< snip >
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # if-simple - Simple text input filter for lpd
> # Installed in /usr/local/libexec/if-simple
> #
> # Simply copies stdin to stdout. Ignores all filter arguments.
>
> /usr/bin/tr "[\010]" "[\010\013]" && exit 0
> exit 2
>
> And several variations on it, but all I got was either nothing at all
> (the printer would feed the paper through but not print anything) or it
> would print a single line and no more.
I've had no experience with the 400 directly, but this one has worked
on all printers that have stairstepped.....
#!/bin/sh
#
# hpif - Simple text input filter for lpd for HP-PCL based
printers
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/hpif
#
# Simply copies stdin to stdout. Ignores all filter
arguments.
# Tells printer to treat LF as CR+LF. Writes a form feed
character
# after printing job.
printf "\033&k2G" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0
exit 2
--
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