Subject: Re: Printing ?
From: Barry Sparenborg (barrys@jorsm.com)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2001 - 18:43:02 MDT
on 4/1/2001 5:33 PM, Charles Lepple at charles@ghz.cc wrote:
> --On Sunday, April 1, 2001 4:54 PM -0500 Barry Sparenborg
> <barrys@jorsm.com> wrote:
>> edited the device infor in the /etc/printcap file. Tried to print a test
>> page, through printtool, the data light comes on at the printer but
>
> Silly me, a direct-to-port printer probably won't have a filter :-)
>
> Using the following filter (if=/path/to/filter) should work:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> cat
> printf "\014"
>
> ...that is, if the printer really only wants another form feed.
Well i think somthing is set incorrectly on my serial port. No matter what
I try i get garbage printing out of it. At least something is going to it!
Barry
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