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Date: Sat, 01 Feb 1997 23:52:04 -0600
From: Randy DuCharme <randyd@nconnect.net>
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To: Stranger Bone <ben@narcissus.ml.org>
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Subject: Re: elimating the staircase problem on an HP DeskJet 400
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Stranger Bone wrote:

< snip >

> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # if-simple - Simple text input filter for lpd
> # Installed in /usr/local/libexec/if-simple
> #
> # Simply copies stdin to stdout.  Ignores all filter arguments.
> 
> /usr/bin/tr "[\010]" "[\010\013]" && exit 0
> exit 2
> 
> And several variations on it, but all I got was either nothing at all
> (the printer would feed the paper through but not print anything) or it
> would print a single line and no more.

I've had no experience with the 400 directly, but this one has worked
on all printers that have stairstepped.....

#!/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


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