Date: Sun, 20 Sep 1998 16:51:26 -0800 (AKDT) From: groggy@iname.com To: BEAUPRE Antoine <beaupran@JSP.UMontreal.CA> Cc: Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to print plain ASCII file Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980920164111.1631A-100000@abc.xyz.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SGI.3.96.980920103636.24622C-100000@derby.jsp.umontreal.ca>
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> > Is there a tutorial/source for printing simple ASCII files.
if your replaced the <CTRL> stuff with normal control
characters, and use the ghostsript command for your
particular printer, this will print DOS/UNIX text files,
as well as PostScript (Netscape HTML) pages by simply
stating "lp FILE" ... NOTE the "if" printcap command.
hope this ends this question once and for all ;)
i got this straight from the handbook (almost).
#!/bin/sh
#
# LP Filter (PS/DOS/UNIX) ... printcap :if=usr/libexec/lpr/lpf: 1997(c)KERR
read line1
if echo $line1 | grep -q %!; then \
/usr/local/bin/gs -q -g2550x3250 -r300 -dBATCH -sDEVICE=djet500 \
-sOutputFile=- - && exit 0
elif echo $line1 | grep <CTRL-M>; then \
cat && echo <CTRL-L> && exit 0
else echo $line1<CTRL-M>; \
cat | sed s/$/<CTRL-M>/ && echo <CTRL-L> && exit 0
fi
exit 2
# BUGS: when printing text files, a cr/lf is always printed at the top
# of the 1st page of each document, leaving only 65 of 66 lines
# left for printing on my djet500 (1st page only).
# requires ghostscript for postscript printing.
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