From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 28 10:44:38 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA26234 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 10:44:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from xmission.xmission.com (softweyr@xmission.xmission.com [198.60.22.2]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id KAA26226 for ; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 10:44:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from softweyr@localhost) by xmission.xmission.com (8.8.5/8.7.5) id LAA10780; Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:44:29 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters - Softweyr LLC Message-Id: <199703281844.LAA10780@xmission.xmission.com> Subject: Re: Network printing To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:44:27 -0700 (MST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199703280249.UAA08958@nexgen.hiwaay.net> from "dkelly@hiwaay.net" at Mar 27, 97 08:49:40 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I recently said, with respect to printing on HP LaserJet printers: % 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. Davice Kelly replied: > All of them I've tripped upon lately insist on \r\n line termination. There is a simple escape sequence you can send to the HP to tell it text lines are terminated with \n only. A simple filter in your printcap will allow you to send this escape sequence at the begging of a print job, and reset the printer at the end. This will restore the default setup for any *other* systems that may be using the printer as well. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC http://www.xmission.com/~softweyr softweyr@xmission.com