Re: [TCLUG:7538] printing (print filter!) problems

[pani@frontiernet.net]

Try this :
create a filter like so and put it to a file called 
/var/spool/lpd/osas/my-filter

#!/bin/sh
#Remove stair stepping.
awk '{print $0"\r"}' 

Then make it executable with 
chmod 755 /var/spool/lpd/osas/my-filter

Add this to your /etc/printcap:
---
osas:\
          :sd=/var/spool/lpd/osas:\
          :if=/var/spool/lpd/osas/my-filter:\
          :mx#0:\
          :lp=/dev/lp1:
---
replace /dev/lp1 with wherever your printer is connected to.
Or if you already have the osas entry in the /etc/printcap
file just add the ":if=/var/spool/lpd/osas/my-filter:\" 
line.

Remember that the backslash at the end of the line must be
the last character in the line. i.e. no blanks after that ?

Hope this gets you going.
          
--
sandipan



Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:
> 
>         I built a new print queue, using RH printtool.
>         I found that if I don't specify a print filter, I can print reports!
>         Only problem now is, without a print filter (AFAIK) I can't do
> CR->CR/LF translation. :(
>         so reports now print fine... stepping right off the side of the page. ;(
> 
> how do I get the CR->CR/LF translation, w/out a print filter? here's my
> textonly.cfg:
> 
> [root@office /tmp]# cat /var/spool/lpd/osas/textonly.cfg
> #
> # text-only printing options for printing on this queue
> # Generated by PRINTTOOL, do not modify.
> #
> TEXTONLYOPTIONS=
> CRLFTRANS=1
> TEXT_SEND_EOF=NO
> 
> so it would seem to indicate that the conversion should take place; but I
> guess this file isn't invoked w/out the filter file.
> 
> is there something I can put in /etc/printcap? how do I put it in, when my
> printcap is generated by printtool?
> 
> thanks,
> Carl Soderstrom
> System Administrator    307 Brighton Ave.
> Minnesota DHIA          Buffalo, MN
> carls@agritech.com              (612) 682-1091
> 
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