[ale] Printing Suggestions

Robert L. Harris Robert.L.Harris at rdlg.net
Fri Oct 26 14:19:47 EDT 2001




any suggestions how?  Converting on the unix side is probably the easiest
for now.

Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):

> 
> Unix is sending a new line to the printer.  You need to tell the printer
> to convert a new line to a carriage return + newline or tell unix to
> sed a carriage return + newline when it encounters a new line.
> 
> Chris
> > 
> > 
> > At the office we have an HP Laserjet 8100L.  I'm used to apsfilter 
> which
> > has worked great in the past.  I'm trying to print to this booger 
> using
> > standard lpr.  When I "lpr test.txt" it looks nice, except for lines 
> that
> > go off the edge, they just disappear, no line wrap or anything.  When
> > I have to print reports I don't want to go in and manually clean up
> > the text since I just want to scan down it or have for personal 
> reference
> > in a meeting.  
> > 
> > I've tried using the "raw" and "auto" interfaces.  Also tried diffent
> > drives, but it seems none of them work.
> > 
> > Cups doesn't appear to have a valid version for Debian right now, is 
> it
> > worth converting an RPM and configuring?  Is there anything better?
> > 
> > :wq!
> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
> >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
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> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct
> (115),10);'
> > 
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:wq!
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Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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