Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1998 09:40:24 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Jim Snyder <jpsnyder@mindspring.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printing problem. Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.981221093659.10313C-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <367A72EC.ABAAEFD9@mindspring.com>
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On Fri, 18 Dec 1998, Jim Snyder wrote:
> I am using FreeBSD 3.0, and have a HP Deskjet 600c printer. How do I get
> my printer to start working in FreeBSD, and KDE 1.0? The way it is now,
> whenever I try to print something it prints just the 1st line then
> starts spitting paper out until I shut it off, and then turn it back on.
> It never prints the rest of the page. I am trying to print out some of
> the doc's and manuals but no luck so far.
You've got the ladder-printing problem with your printer. To get
around this you'll have to add a filter for your printer; something
like:
#! /bin/sh
awk '{ printf ("%s\r\n", $0); }'
printf "\f"
--
Jonathan Chen
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