Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 08:59:53 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Netsmart <network1@smartweb.net> Cc: Freebsd-Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD and Printer Message-ID: <Pine.SCO.3.96.981211085501.15719H-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <000001be23fb$e093d220$a10ecacf@crap>
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On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, Netsmart wrote: > in either case above after it prints the first line whether staircase effect > or a straight line, it will never print another character unless I turn the > printer off then back on again. However, while it wont print anything it > continues to spit out whatever amount of blank sheets of paper that the > document calls for.... just no printing. You've got 2 problems here. The staircase effect, and the final formfeed to push the paper out of the printer. What you've can do is to put in a filter for the queue like: #!/bin/sh awk '{ printf ("%s\r\n", $0); }' printf "\f" Also read up the handbook for setting up printers & filters: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook92.html Jonathan Chen -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny" - Kin Hubbard To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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