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Date: Sun, 20 Apr 1997 11:55:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Busarow <dan@dpcsys.com>
To: "Joshua M. Free" <josh@jlc.net>
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Subject: Re: HP Deskjet 660Cse
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On Sun, 20 Apr 1997, Joshua M. Free wrote:
> When printing with 'lpr' I'll either get a single blank page or the
> text I was trying to print except that it has the "staircase effect".
> Here's the contents of /etc/printcap:
> lp|HP Deskjet 660Cse:\
>         :lp=/dev/lpt0:sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>         :lf=/var/log/lp.log:

Add an input filter.  From the Handbook

#!/bin/sh
#
# hpif - Simple text input filter for lpd for HP-PCL based printers
# Installed in /usr/local/libexec/hpif
#
# Simply copies stdin to stdout.  Ignores all filter arguments.
# Tells printer to treat LF as CR+LF. Writes a form feed character
# after printing job.

printf "\033&k2G" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0
exit 2

Here is an example /etc/printcap from a host called orchid. It has a 
single printer attached to its first parallel port, a Hewlett Packard 
LaserJet 3Si named teak. It is using the above script as its text filter: 

#
#  /etc/printcap for host orchid
#
teak|hp|laserjet|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 3Si:\
	:lp=/dev/lpt0:sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/teak:mx#0:\
	:if=/usr/local/libexec/hpif:

Dan
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