Date: Mon, 1 Apr 1996 21:03:24 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: jhs@FreeBSD.org Cc: ccappuc@satelnet.org, current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: your mail Message-ID: <199604011903.VAA05546@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <199604010909.LAA00499@vector.jhs.local> from "Julian H. Stacey" at Apr 1, 96 11:09:25 am
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> Hi, Reference:
> > From: Chris Cappuccio <ccappuc@satelnet.org>
> > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:43:50 -0500
> > Message-id: <199603291843.NAA02951@sefl.satelnet.org>
> >
> > strange..) I can't get he baud rate adn such set correctly
> > in printcap and once I do, how would I print from applications such as umm ne
> - tscape or
> > something.. (ghostscript PS-->PCL?)
>
> Here's a ~1 year old entry I used to use on my hp3p laser (before I changed
> from serial to parallel):
> # serial|hp3p.raw|Raw output device hp3p:\
> # :lp=/dev/ttyb:br#19200:xc#0177777:ms=-parity,ixon,-opost:
This is my printcap for a serial DecLn03r Scriptprinter (Adobe PS):
# @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
lp0|lp|local laser printer:\
:lp=/dev/cuaa2:\
:rw:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/lpof:\
:fc#0000374:fs#0000003:br#38400:\
:xc#0:xs#0040040:sf:sb:br#38400:\
:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
lp1|remote laser printer:\
:rm=declaser3500:\
:rw:sb:sf:\
:mx#0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
And here a printcap for a local HP Laserjet III:
lps|lp-postscript|hp ljet III using GS filter:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lps:\
:sh:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/gsljps:\
:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:mx#0:
With gsljps:
#!/bin/sh
/usr/local/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=- -
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> You can see the 19200 baud lurking in there,
> The FAQ has more examples I guess, Suggested Reading:
> man printcap,
> /usr/share/doc/FAQ/freebsd-faq.html
> Printer docs :-)
>
> Julian
> --
> Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
>
--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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