From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 9 18:19:59 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fir.calcasieu.com (fir.calcasieu.com [209.99.46.67]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 39B8F14F93 for ; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 18:19:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sysop@calcasieu.com) Received: from ns (cruft.austin.calcasieu.com [192.168.170.124]) by fir.calcasieu.com (8.8.8/8.8.8-2.0) with SMTP id UAA09249; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:19:08 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990309201919.007c6180@firewall> X-Sender: sysop@firewall X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Tue, 09 Mar 1999 20:19:19 -0600 To: Mahesh Bhaskarpandit From: Don Read Subject: Re: Problem with printing Cc: In-Reply-To: <36E594AA.193403BA@dmcwave.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG back on 01:37 PM 3/9/99 -0800, you said: >I have FreeBSD 2.2.5 in my PC and have a Canon BJC-250 >printer attached to it. I have done all the configuration and >I am able to print, but the printouts have a stair-case effect. >I know the solution is to have a filter that sends a printer >specific escape sequence to treat LF as CR+LF (as per the >handbook). > >I want to know the exact escape sequence for the Canon >printer. I have sent mails to customer support in Canon and >from their document I didn;t see anything specific for this >CR+LF problem. Don't have the manual handy, but a quick add-cr filter: ---- /usr/libexec/lpr/addcr ----- #!/bin/sh exec sed 's/$/^M/' ------------- Regards, -- Don Read sysop@calcasieu.com EDP Manager dread@texas.net Calcasieu Lumber Co. Austin TX - There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message