Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:59:53 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Netsmart <network1@smartweb.net> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD and Printer Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.981211085501.15719H-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <000001be23fb$e093d220$a10ecacf@crap>
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On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Netsmart wrote:
> in either case above after it prints the first line whether staircase effect
> or a straight line, it will never print another character unless I turn the
> printer off then back on again. However, while it wont print anything it
> continues to spit out whatever amount of blank sheets of paper that the
> document calls for.... just no printing.
You've got 2 problems here. The staircase effect, and the final
formfeed to push the paper out of the printer. What you've can do
is to put in a filter for the queue like:
#!/bin/sh
awk '{ printf ("%s\r\n", $0); }'
printf "\f"
Also read up the handbook for setting up printers & filters:
http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook92.html
Jonathan Chen
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