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From: j@narcisa.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Can't get printer to work correctly
Date: 30 May 1995 17:42:42 +0200
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Geordan Rosario <geordan@OCF.Berkeley.EDU> wrote:
>
>I'm running FreeBSD 2.0R with a Canon BJ-300 on lpt0. Whenever I print a file
>the output is such that it looks as if it is trying to print out 132-column
>data on an 80-column printer (yes, it is an 80-column printer). I have edited
>/etc/printcap and placed pw#80 in it, but it doesn't respond to that. (It is
>/dev/lp, BTW.)
The pw# value is mostly irrelevant unless you've also installed a
filter that cares for it. (of= value, e.g.)
lpd itself does not much formatting, the most you can get it doing is
piping the data through pr(1) (-p option). Note that pr(1) normally
cannot be used to fold long lines, you must use fold(1) instead.
RTFM printcap(5) for an explanation on how the various lpd filters
work.
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cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
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