Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 17:26:38 -0600 From: "Gerry Marcelo" <germar@pair.com> To: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Printer Problems "staircase effect" Message-ID: <00e001be35de$349d52d0$c1772581@doppelganger>
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Greetings and happy new year. I'm new to Unix and FreeBSD, and I'm taking my first stab at installing a printer for printing simple text only. OS is FreeBSD 2.2.8 installed from CD ROM set I am still running the "generic" kernel. lpd is running. Machine is 486 DX2-50 with 20 meg of memory Printer is Panasonic KX-P4410 Laser Printer, with HP IIp emulation. It's set up as device lpd0 on my machine's parallel port. I can send print jobs to the printer, but I get the "staircase effect" were each line is offset to the right until the text is off the right margin...my printer isn't interpeting Ctl-j as both newline and return. I think I've done everything correctly, according to everything I could look up on line. Could someone review the following for correct syntax or some "Newbie" error: Here is my printcap, comments snipped for bandwith: # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 #(COMMENTS SNIPPED) # lp|local line printer:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple: # #(REMAINING COMMENTED LINES SNIPPED) Here is my input filter, "if-simple" #!/bin/sh printf"\033&k2G" && cat && printf"\f" && exit 0 exit 2 I checked my printer's manual and the ESC &k2G should do the trick, but my printer continues to "staircase" no matter what I do. I tried "lpfilter" from "The Complete FreeBSD...following the installation instructions carefully. My printer then would only eject a blank sheet of paper with no text at all. The Free BSD manual mentions that pre-written input filters are "around." Does anyone know where a directory of these filters might be found on the net, or is there someone on the list who has already written the proper filter for a Panasonic KX-P4410 Laser Partner Printer? Thanks to all again for any help! Gerry Austin, TX, USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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