Date: Sat, 14 Nov 1998 10:46:56 +0100 From: Ron Klinkien <root@zappa.demon.nl> To: Clarence_Griffin@ed.gov Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Help with HP LJ configuration Message-ID: <19981114104656.A7047@zappa.demon.nl> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811131257550.20228-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>; from Doug White on Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 12:59:15PM -0800 References: <002A414A.003144@ed.gov> <Pine.BSF.4.03.9811131257550.20228-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Fri, Nov 13, 1998 at 12:59:15PM -0800, Doug White wrote:
Hello,
Simply configure your lp mechanism
to send the right esc codes to the printer for LF->CR+LF conversion before the
jobs gets sends.
Do this:
cp /usr/share/examples/printing/hpof /usr/local/libexec
chmod 555 /usr/local/libexec/hpof
vi /etc/printcap
and put an entry like this into it:
--- cut ---
hp6p|My HP6P printer:\
:sh:of=/usr/local/libexec/hpof:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
--- cut ---
Now lp -d hp6p /etc/hosts will look ok.
Don't redirect to a port but use the lp commands to print/spool.
Ron.
> On Fri, 13 Nov 1998, Clarence Griffin wrote:
>
> >
> > I just ran the "lptest > .dev.lpt0" command and the LazerJet II
> > attached to the serial port is printing one line of text at the top of
> > each page, and then cycling to a new page.
>
> You've just experienced the famous HP 'stairstepping' problem. By default
> HP printers are set up to require CR/LF as an end-of-line indication,
> while UNIX just sends CR.
>
> There is either jumper settings or an escape code in your manual that will
> change the EOL setting. I don't know what it is for the LJII off the top
> of my head.
>
> Doug White
> Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org
>
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