From owner-freebsd-questions Fri May 31 10:25:08 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id KAA25195 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.164]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id KAA25177 for ; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:24:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from dwhite@localhost) by riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA12124; Fri, 31 May 1996 10:28:07 -0700 Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 10:28:07 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: john@starfire.mn.org cc: FreeBSD questions Subject: Re: parallel ports and carriage returns In-Reply-To: <199605311506.KAA12632@starfire.mn.org> 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 Fri, 31 May 1996 john@starfire.mn.org wrote: > Is there a "text book" solution to providing CR for parallel printers > that need it? I could write a small C program, or use sed or awk, > but it seems like there ought to be an expected way to do something > which I would think is rather commonly needed. I checked the docs > for printcap, lpd, lpr, lpt, and lptcontrol (thought maybe the driver > could it itself), but didn't find any clear clues. Did you check your printer's manual? Some have a command that allows them to recognize Unix output and not 'stair-step'. HPs have this problem, and the handbook has the solution I believe. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major