From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 10 17:16:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from sage-american.com (sage-american.com [216.122.141.44]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7B0437B40C for ; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:16:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sageone (ppp-208-191-235-130.dialup.crchtx.swbell.net [208.191.235.130]) by sage-american.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id TAA02847; Wed, 10 Oct 2001 19:16:00 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20011010191646.031a30f0@mail.sage-american.com> X-Sender: jacks@mail.sage-american.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 19:16:46 -0500 To: Mike Meyer , Brian Rudy From: jacks@sage-american.com Subject: Re: Printing problems Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <15300.55908.973666.362917@guru.mired.org> References: <101966238@toto.iv> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ...what is the magicfilter port...??? At 06:31 PM 10.10.2001 -0500, Mike Meyer wrote: >Brian Rudy types: >> This is a cryptographically signed message in MIME format. >> I set up my /etc/printcap file and the associated spooling stuff but >> when I print, I get the first line of print, the second line is indented >> and the rest of the print isn't there. At least I can talk to the >> printer and see it is printing "something" but not what I am looking >> for. I am not using any filters (which is probably my problem). Can >> someone help me out in my endeavors? > >This is in the FAQ. You need to install a print filter that translates >Unix newlines to DOS carriage-return newlines - or set the printer to >treate newline as a carriage-return newline. If you want to make >handling all kinds of files simple, I recommend the magicfilter port, >as it is a lightweight solution that works well with ascii printers. > > -- >Mike Meyer http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ >Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Server Admin Sage-American http://www.sage-american.com jacks@sage-american.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message