Date: Fri, 15 Dec 1995 17:22:56 +0100 (MET) From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: tbrown@icon-stl.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Printing in FreeBSD Message-ID: <199512151622.RAA04088@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951215084956.507A-100000@edison.icon-stl.net> from "Timothy Brown" at Dec 15, 95 08:50:47 am
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> Okay. Question on printing with FreeBSD, sans ghostscript. The system
> is FreeBSD v2.1.0, i'm catting files to /dev/lpt0. The files come out in
Is there a peculiar reason why you don't use
lpd printing (/etc/printcap)?
Either you add a filter to /etc/printcap (apsfilter e.g. or a simple shell
script or C-program) ) or you send your printer
the sequence to make it understand the <lf> carriage control.
Here is a snippet that someone else grabbed drom usenet:
This issue is overdue to find reflection in the FAQ
if it isnt't yet.
------------------------------/etc/printcap-----------------------------------
# @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
#lp|local line printer:\
# :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
lp|LaserJet 4P Printer (Raw):\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:mx#0:ff=\033E\033&k2G:fo:sh:tr=\033E:
text|LJ4P w/ Unix2Dos Text Preprocess:\
:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/textlj:\
:mx#0:sf:sh:
ps|LJ4P w/ Ghostscript PS->PCL Preprocess:\
:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/gslj:\
:mx#0:sf:sh:
#text|LJ4P w/ Unix2Dos Text Preprocess:\
# :lp=/dev/null:\
# :if=/usr/rhh/bin/unix2dos:\
# :rm=localhost:\
# :rp=lp:
#ps|LJ4P w/ Ghostscript PS->PCL Preprocess:\
# :lp=/dev/null:\
# :if=/usr/local/bin/gslj:\
# :rm=localhost:\
# :rp=lp:
------------------------------/usr/local/bin/textlj----------------------------
#!/bin/sh
PRINTER=lp
PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
export PRINTER PATH
unix2dos | lpr -h
--------------------------/usr/local/bin/gslj--------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
TMPDIR=/usr/tmp
PRINTER=lp
GSLIB=/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
export TMPDIR PRINTER GSLIB PATH
#exec gs -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -- gslp.ps $*
#exec gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -dNOPAUSE gslp.ps - > /usr/rhh/out 2>&1
exec gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4 -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|lpr gslp.ps -
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> UNIX format with the linefeeds all messed up. How do I fix this?
>
> Tim
>
--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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