Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 21:44:16 +0200 From: Martin Schweizer <lists_freebsd@bluewin.ch> To: Konrad Heuer <kheuer2@gwdg.de> Cc: Martin Schweizer <office@pc-service.ch>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing with lpd Message-ID: <20080804194416.GU67826@saturn.pcs.ms> In-Reply-To: <20080804080205.W8566@gwdu60.gwdg.de> References: <20080804050617.GA37021@saturn.pcs.ms> <20080804080205.W8566@gwdu60.gwdg.de>
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Hello Konrad Am Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 08:06:18AM +0200 Konrad Heuer schrieb: > >I'm playing around with lpd. My setup: a FreeBSD 7.0 server and a attached > >HP LaserJet 2840N (connected via ethernet), my > >/etc/printcap: > >hplj2840|lp|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2840C:\ > > :sh:\ > > :lp=:rm=hplj2840:rp=raw:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj2840:\ > > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > > :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple: > > > >and if-simple: > >/usr/local/bin/recode latin1..ibmpc > > > >The prints are ok so fare (incl. the german umlauts). If I print text > >mails out from mutt the seems ok too. But if the > >mails has some incorrect wrapped lines (> 72 caracters) the lines are not > >wrapped on the output. What do I worng here? > > I'd add something like > > /usr/bin/fold -s -w 80 | /usr/local/bin/recode latin1..ibmpc > > to the filter script. I don't know whether there's an internal printer > setting for wrapping long lines. Works like a charm! I did set the option -w to 78 so the printer did not print over the border. Thank you for the hint. Regards, -- Martin Schweizer <office@pc-service.ch> PC-Service M. Schweizer GmbH; Bannholzstrasse 6; CH-8608 Bubikon Tel. +41 55 243 30 00; Fax: +41 55 243 33 22; http://www.pc-service.ch; public key : http://www.pc-service.ch/pgp/public_key.asc; fingerprint: EC21 CA4D 5C78 BC2D 73B7 10F9 C1AE 1691 D30F D239;
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