From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 1 22:48:35 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA04514 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:48:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from narcissus.ml.org (root@brosenga.Pitzer.edu [134.173.120.201]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA04509 for ; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:48:32 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ben@localhost) by narcissus.ml.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA02396; Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:48:25 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 1 Feb 1997 22:48:25 -0800 (PST) From: Stranger Bone To: Randy DuCharme cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: elimating the staircase problem on an HP DeskJet 400 In-Reply-To: <32F42B84.167EB0E7@nconnect.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 1 Feb 1997, Randy DuCharme wrote: > Stranger Bone wrote: > > < snip > > > I've had no experience with the 400 directly, but this one has worked > on all printers that have stairstepped..... > This is an el cheapo deskjet, it doesn't speak PCL. I tried hpif anyway, it had no noticeable effect. Thanks anyway. > #!/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 > > > -- > Randall D. DuCharme email: randyd@nconnect.net > Systems Engineer Free your Machine > Computer Specialists **** FreeBSD **** > 414-259-9998 414-253-9919 (fax) Turning PCs into Workstations > Ben The views expressed above are not those of the Worker's Compensation Board of Queensland, Australia.