Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 20:49:40 -0600 From: dkelly@hiwaay.net To: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> Cc: mjanosi@numacorp.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Network printing Message-ID: <199703280249.UAA08958@nexgen.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC <softweyr@xmission.com> of "Thu, 27 Mar 1997 16:30:37 MST." <199703272330.QAA22791@xmission.xmission.com>
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> BTW, you don't need to worry about converting text to postscript for > your HP printer; they all default to working like a standard HP printer > until they see something that looks like a postscript job. All of them I've tripped upon lately insist on \r\n line termination. For now I simply remember to push my non-PS print jobs thru a2ps. Eventually I'll do it right and rig a filter to either prefix <LF> with a <CR> on plain text or always convert to PS. Don't much care for the default text 12-point Courier lined up right at the left edge of the page. Its Postscript and a2ps for me. Found a utility called "rlpr" which implements an lpr/lpd pipe direct to the printer. Its quite useful for a fake local printer "if:" filter script to send the job on to the real printer. The other solution is to loop your job back thru the lpd system pointed toward a remote printer entry. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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