Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1995 12:36:54 +0100 From: Hinrich Eilts <eilts@iwte01.dialin.rrze.uni-erlangen.de> To: markh@stack.urc.tue.nl Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 500 - /etc/printcap, tex, etc... Message-ID: <199501221136.MAA00442@odin>
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>Where can I find the information to install a deskjet 500 to my machine?
>I need a nice printcap entry, perhaps with some nice filters :_) and i
>wanbt to be able to print dvi files...
/etc/printcap: (/dev/lp is a symlink to /dev/lpt0)
lp|lp_ps|local line printer:\
:lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:mx#0:\
:if=/usr/local/lib/printer/dj-if:
/usr/local/lib/printer/dj-if:
#!/bin/sh
export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin
export IFS=' '
export SHELL=/bin/sh
tmpfile=/tmp/lp-dj$$
errfile=/tmp/lp-dj-err$$
MAILTO=admin
## filter and interpreter
PSINTERPRETER="/usr/local/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=cdjmono -sPAPERSIZE=a4 \
-sOutputFile=- -dNOPAUSE -"
NROFFINTERPRETER="/usr/bin/groff -t -mandoc -Tps | \
$PSINTERPRETER"
## printer commands ###################################################
RESET="\033E" # printer reset
RAW="\033&k0G" # raw-mode (CR=CR, LF=LF, FF=FF)
NORAW="\033&k2G" # textmode (CR=CR, LF=CR+LF, FF=CR+FF)
WRAP="\033&s0C" # wrapping long lines
A4="\033&l26A" # DIN A4
PERFSKIPMODE="\033&l0L" # no perforation skiping
LINES="\033&l68P" # 68 lines per page
LEFTMARGIN="\033&a7L" # left margin 7 chars
EJECTPAGE="\033&l0H" # paper eject
##### printing #########################################################
# printer reset
/usr/bin/printf $RESET
# copy first block of data from stdin to tempfile and determine its type
/bin/dd count=1 > $tmpfile 2>/dev/null
/bin/chmod 400 $tmpfile
typ=`/usr/bin/file $tmpfile | /usr/bin/cut -d' ' -f2-`
# filtering data
/bin/cat $tmpfile - | \
(
case $typ in
PostScript*) # PostScript
/bin/sh -c "$PSINTERPRETER" || /usr/bin/printf $EJECTPAGE
;;
troff*) # nroff
/bin/sh -c "$NROFFINTERPRETER" || /usr/bin/printf $EJECTPAGE
;;
*text*|*script*) # text
/usr/bin/printf $NORAW
/usr/bin/printf $WRAP
/usr/bin/printf $A4
/usr/bin/printf $PERFSKIPMODE
/usr/bin/printf $LINES
/usr/bin/printf $LEFTMARGIN
/bin/cat -
;;
*data*) # data
/usr/bin/printf $RAW
/bin/cat -
;;
*) # unknown
echo "$0: unknown type $typ > /dev/console
echo "$0: unknown type $typ | /usr/bin/mail $MAILTO
NoTyp=1
;;
esac
) 2> $errfile
/bin/chmod 400 $errfile
# remove tempfile, if successfully printed
if [ -z "$NoTyp" ]
then
/bin/rm -f $tmpfile
/bin/rm -f $errfile
fi
# reset printer
/usr/bin/printf $RESET
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