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From: Wayne Lubin <wayneclubin@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Printer staircase problem
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I used the following shell script from your book but
it did not work. I got a generic err msg in lpd-errs
"job could not be printed". Do you know of any other
filters?

#!/bin/sh
awk '{printf "%s\r\n", $0}' -


--- Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> see
> 
>
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/corp-net-guide/index.html
> 
> for a discussion of this and other useful printing
> issues
> 
> Ted Mittelstaedt                     
> tedm@toybox.placo.com
> Author of:          The FreeBSD Corporate
> Networker's Guide
> Book website:        
> http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com
> 
> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On
> Behalf Of Wayne Lubin
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:02 PM
> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >Subject: Printer staircase problem
> >
> >
> >My printer is the HP DeskJet 672C and I am getting
> the
> >staircase problem with freebsd.  I have tried using
> >the filter suggested in the handbook
> troubleshooting
> >section 
> >
> >#!/bin/sh
> >printf "\033&k2G" && cat && printf "\033&l0H" &&
> exit
> >0
> >exit 2
> >
> >and I have also tried the lpf text filter provided
> >with freebsd. And neither worked. Just wondering if
> >someone knows of a text filter I could use, or
> maybe
> >give me suggestions on what a shell script should
> >include to solve this problem. Thanks!
> >
> >Wayne
> >
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