printing (still)

[Aurel Wisse]

Cynthia,

looking at your printcap, your entry LaserWriter_310
being the default, there is no line with :if (input
filter), leading to the mf_wrapper (magicfilter
wrapper, which "intellingently" translates text to
postscript, among others.

Try to copy the last line 
>     :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
> 
as the last line of LaserWriter_310 (with the spaces)
and relaunch lpd. 

Question: why do you have three entries for the same
printer? If I remember correctly, there is an
aliasiing possibility in printcap (look at man
printcap).

regards, Aurel
--- Cynthia Croy <clc2@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> I had to take a break from trying to solve my
> printing problems in order 
> to prepare for a class.
> 
> I am very grateful for the responses I received. One
> of them asked for a 
> copy of my printcap:
> 
> LaserWriter_310 is the default. It is the only one
> that gives me any 
> sort of output.
> 
> # Hand edited changes can be put in
> /etc/printcap.local, and will be 
> included.
> 
> LaserWriter_310:\
>     :ml=0:\
>     :mx=0:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310:\
>    
>
:af=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310/LaserWriter_310.acct:\
>     :sh:\
>     :lp=/dev/ttyS1:
> 
> lw_310:\
>     :ml=0:\
>     :mx=0:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lw_310:\
>     :af=/var/spool/lpd/lw_310/lw_310.acct:\
>     :sh:\
>     :lp=/dev/ttyS1:\
>     :lpd_bounce=true:\
>     :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
> 
>
###############################################################################
> ## Everything below here is included verbatim from 
> /etc/printcap.local       ##
>
###############################################################################
> # printcap.local
> #
> # This file is included by printconf's generated
> printcap,
> # and can be used to specify custom hand edited
> printers.
> 
> LW310:\
>     :ml=0:\
>     :mx=0:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310:\
>    
>
:af=/var/spool/lpd/LaserWriter_310/LaserWriter_310.acct:\
>     :sh:\
>     :lp=/dev/ttyS1:
>     :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
>  
> Since my last post, I have discovered that xfig
> gives me perfect output 
> - at least for the two drawings I made. I suppose it
> is still possible 
> that it won't be perfect if I use some other
> options. This is only from 
> within the application however. If I try to print
> from the command line, 
> the output is the postscript text (I'm guessing).
> 
> I also discovered I can print html files from
> Netscape. However, the 
> page formatting isn't correct. Abiword, Kword,
> Mozilla, Emacs, 
> ghostview, and xpdf don't print.
> 
> So far I have gotten the Redhat postscript test
> pages and xfig documents 
> to print perfectly. For everything else, I get
> nothing (status light 
> blinks for a while then gives up) or I get output
> that isn't quite 
> right. My guess is that it is an issue with
> filtering output from the 
> application to something my printer can understand.
> I don't have any 
> idea what to do about it, though.
> 
> The setup of my printer (that gives output) is a raw
> queue set up with 
> the print tool, and gpr using my printer's ppd from
> Adobe. The 
> linuxprinting ppd's for the Apple Laserwriter NT and
> Laserwriter Select 
> 360 do not work.
> 
> I am running Yellow Dog Linux 2.2 on a PowerBase.
> 
> Thank you again for any help.
> 
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