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To: Shane Anderson <shane@et.pronex.com>
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Subject: Re: Line Printer HPDJ 500 
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In message <324@et.pronex.com>, Shane Anderson writes:
>My system did not install a device "lp" ... so ... i have tried
>hacking the printcap to send to lpt0, which resulted in print jobs
>with no text written - pages of blanks.  The USENIX 4.4 System
>Manager's Manual gives few examples.  I am running a Deskjet 500
>on my first parallel port.  Any help or pointers to FAQ's or other
>docs would be great... 

Probably a ``feature'' in the deskjet, not the printcap. The deskjet
(I know - I have a 500 also :-) ) is DOS orientated, and needs 
<CR><LF> as a line-feed char, FreeBSD just sends <LF>. This means
the carriage never returns to the left hand side, and any text gradually
walks off the right hand side of the page. The solution is to install
`apsfilter', which is a shell script (not part of the system yet), which
corrects the output from the lpd to match the deskjet's broken worldiew.

My /etc/printcap reads:

#	@(#)printcap	5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90

lp|djet500|local line printer:\
	:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:sh:sf:\
	:if=/usr/local/bin/apsfilter:df=/usr/local/bin/apsfilter:

If you want the filter, drop me a line.

Gary