Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 15:17:02 -0700 (PDT) From: jeff <jeff@cc602670-a.flrtn1.occa.home.com> To: kline@tera.com (Gary Kline) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: printing to an hp500 deskjet from wordperfect Message-ID: <199906122217.PAA05598@cc602670-a.flrtn1.occa.home.com> In-Reply-To: <199906121934.MAA00520@athena.tera.com> from Gary Kline at "Jun 12, 1999 12:34: 4 pm"
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> According to jeff:
> >
> > On 12-Jun-99 Gary Kline wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I just installed wordperfect-8 on both my platforms
> > > (running 2.2.8) and it works well. As far as the
> > > editing is concerned. Printing is another matter...
> > >
> > > Has anybody gotten wp to print using the standard
> > > lp|lpr spooler? Or is there a translator|filter than
> > > can turn wp files into PostScript?
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > gary
> > >
> > >
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> > E-Mail: jeff <iratus@home.com>
> > Date: 12-Jun-99
> > Time: 10:24:56
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> > Hello-I use the following filter to print from WP 8. I am assuming you already
> > have it setup as to printer selection and need only to setup the destination.
> >
> > #!/usr/bin/perl
> > while(<STDIN>) {chop $_; print "$_\r\n";};
> >
> > BTW-This little gem (also doubles as an excellant text print filter) is not my
> > invention, it comes from the "Linux Printing HOWTO". Hope this will do the
> > trick. Good Luck Jeff Phillips
> >
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> Can you give me some more insight on the setup? I did select
> the "HP DeskJet" from the WP8 menu... But the ``Destination''
> pop-up left me wondering.
>
> Do I
>
> (1) save your perl script in, say, /usr/local/bin/wp_filter
>
> (2) and put _that_ as the destination?
>
> Or something along these lines?
>
> thanks much,
>
> gary
Hello Gary-What I did is to call the perl script lpfilter and do a
chmod +x and dump it in /usr/local/bin. I then created a file in
/var/spool/lpd called lp (/var/spool/lpd/lp). Then I made the entry
in my /etc/printcap to reflect this and when I set up wp to print
I just checked off lp in the destination box. So far it has worked
like a charm. Obviously one could call lpfilter just about any name
that works as long as all the entries and files are properly named
and identified. There is a program called dj-printcap.tar.gz that contains
a printcap that is ideal with only very little modification. You should be
able to find it in the linux files at sunsite.unc.edu. There is
one other thing I almost forgot-Do not use postscript-The printer resource
file that comes with wp outputs code specific to your printer-postscript
will mess this up. Hope this will be enough to get you up and running.
Good Luck Jeff Phillips
>
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