Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 01:26:39 +1030 From: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> To: "Eric F Crist" <ecrist@adtechintegrated.com>, "'FreeBSD questions List'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Apsfilter and margins... Message-ID: <200402200045.04496.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <004a01c3f56d$86c9ac30$6401a8c0@Nomad> References: <004a01c3f56d$86c9ac30$6401a8c0@Nomad>
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On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 02:18, Eric F Crist wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Malcolm Kay [mailto:malcolm.kay@internode.on.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:27 AM
> To: ecrist@adtechintegrated.com; FreeBSD questions List
> Subject: Re: Apsfilter and margins...
>
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 02:33, Eric F Crist wrote:
> > Hello list,
> >
> > Does anyone here use apsfilter? If so, can you tell me how to fix th=
e
> >
> > margins. There is NO bottom margin (text runs off bottom of the page=
)
> >
> > and the top margin is about 2 inches. Any idea on how to change this=
?
>
> No information about your circumstances -- printer make/model -- what
> sort of files you are passing to it.
>
> This is sometimes a printer adjustment. Have you read the printer
> manual?
>
> Malcolm Kay
>
>
> Malcolm,
>
> I've got Brother HL-1440 laser printer. I throw all kinds of files to
> it. Everything from text via command line (i.e. lpr /etc/rc.conf) to
> openoffice documents to webpages from Konquror or Firebird.
>
> Yes, I've read the printer manual.
>
> Eric F Crist
At work I have an HL1440 shared as a network printer.
I don't use Apsfilter.
It works fine with plain-text, postscript or PCL.
The printcap entry:
hl1440|raw1440|Brother HL1440:\
:sd=3D/var/spool/lpd/raw1440:\
:if=3D/usr/local/libexec/lpd/raw1440:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=3D:\
:rm=3Dhl1440:\
:lf=3D/var/log/lpd-errs:
And /usr/local/libexec/lpd/raw1440:
#!/bin/sh
#
# Treat LF as CR+LF:
#
printf "\033&k2G" || exit 2
#
# Read first two characters of the file
#
IFS=3D"" read -r first_line
first_two_chars=3D`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
if [ "$first_two_chars" =3D "%!" ]; then
#
# It is PostScript; use Ghostscript to scan-convert and print it.
#
/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=3Dhl1250 -r300 \
-sOutputFile=3D- - && exit 0
else
#
# Plain text or PCL, so just print it directly; print a form feed
# at the end to eject the last page.
#
echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\033&l0H" && exit 0
fi
exit 2
-------------------------------------------------------------------------=
------------------------------
Suggest you check what ghostscript DEVICE Apsfilter is using -- hl1250
seems to be a good choice.
Other than that you could set up something similar to the above as an
alternative printcap entry to test out your printer while bypassing
Apsfilter -- should at least resolve whether the problem is with the prin=
ter
or Apsfilter.
Malcolm
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