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Date:      Wed, 10 Nov 1999 12:34:26 -0500
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
To:        Ariel Burbaickij <Ariel.Burbaickij@mni.fh-giessen.de>
Cc:        Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Printer problems yet again (was: Mystery revisited)
Message-ID:  <19991110123426.57213@mojave.sitaranetworks.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911101720110.3998-100000@sun7>; from Ariel Burbaickij on Wed, Nov 10, 1999 at 05:26:55PM %2B0100
References:  <19991110103625.08184@mojave.sitaranetworks.com> <Pine.GSO.4.10.9911101720110.3998-100000@sun7>

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On Wednesday, 10 November 1999 at 17:26:55 +0100, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Greg Lehey wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 10 November 1999 at 16:21:26 +0100, Ariel Burbaickij wrote:
>>> So all this gory details provided about all relevant files do you hope
>>> we will master the problem with man pages on my printer printed correctly?
>>> If the hope is present let me know how :)) then.
>>>
>>> any futher details will be surely provided on your demand
>>
>> I see no details whatsoever.  What's all this about?
>
>   Well i run canon bj200 printer under fbsd 3.2-rel

Ah, it's you again.  You're really not making it easy for us.

>   i use apsfilter from ports as filter to communicate with it
>   (i know that i use lpd to communicate with printer but i
>    hope you understood what i mean ,do not beat me)

One thing at a time.  Does it work with lpd?

>   My /etc/printcap was estimated as sane by some members of the list
>   but i send it once more just to be safe.
>   Paper used is a4 format.
>   Yet the problem: i get reverse staircase effect while trying
>   to print out man pages(with reverse staircases i mean that
>   staircase starts on the left margin of the paper after printing
>   just 1 or 2 letter(s).
>   So the questions  are:Does any remedy for this problem exist?

First we need to find the cause.  What happens if you run this?

 $ lptest | lpr

If you get an error message, please include the exact text.

>   What is the format man pages use?

groff mandoc macros.

Greg
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