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From: rhh@speleo.ct.picker.com (Randall Hopper)
Subject: Re: HP LaserJet Printcap entry
Message-ID: <1995Jun21.214626.985@picker.com>
Keywords: hp laserjet printcap
Sender: rhh@ct.picker.com
Nntp-Posting-Host: 144.54.48.17
Organization: Picker International, Inc.
References: <3ro0q4$17m@inforamp.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 1995 21:46:26 GMT
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> Paul Griffith (paulg@inforamp.net):
> 1) I am looking for a Printcap entry for a HP Laserjet (non-postscript)
> printer, can someone please post one.
Here's one I hacked together for my HP LaserJet 4P (w/o Postscript SIMM) so I
can print plain text, postscript, and PCL (using different print queues).
It works pretty well, but occassionally (when there's more than one job in the
queue), the queue will just freeze and I'll have to use lpc to restart lpd --
it seems to die. If anyone has any suggestions for improvements I'd be
definitely be interested in them.
Randall
_____________________________________________________________________________
Randall Hopper | Picker International
Senior Software Engineer | CT Visualization and Connectivity
rhh@ct.picker.com | FAX: (216) 473-7098
*** WINDOWS from the folks who brought you EDLIN ***
------------------------------/etc/printcap-----------------------------------
# @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
#lp|local line printer:\
# :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
lp|LaserJet 4P Printer (Raw):\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:mx#0:ff=\033E\033&k2G:fo:sh:tr=\033E:
text|LJ4P w/ Unix2Dos Text Preprocess:\
:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/textlj:\
:mx#0:sf:sh:
ps|LJ4P w/ Ghostscript PS->PCL Preprocess:\
:lp=/dev/null:sd=/usr/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
:of=/usr/local/bin/gslj:\
:mx#0:sf:sh:
#text|LJ4P w/ Unix2Dos Text Preprocess:\
# :lp=/dev/null:\
# :if=/usr/rhh/bin/unix2dos:\
# :rm=localhost:\
# :rp=lp:
#ps|LJ4P w/ Ghostscript PS->PCL Preprocess:\
# :lp=/dev/null:\
# :if=/usr/local/bin/gslj:\
# :rm=localhost:\
# :rp=lp:
------------------------------/usr/local/bin/textlj----------------------------
#!/bin/sh
PRINTER=lp
PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH
export PRINTER PATH
unix2dos | lpr -h
---------------------------/usr/local/bin/gslj--------------------------------
#!/bin/sh
TMPDIR=/usr/tmp
PRINTER=lp
GSLIB=/usr/local/lib/ghostscript/fonts
PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:$PATH
export TMPDIR PRINTER GSLIB PATH
#exec gs -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -r300 -dNOPAUSE -- gslp.ps $*
#exec gs -sDEVICE=ljet4 -dNOPAUSE gslp.ps - > /usr/rhh/out 2>&1
exec gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4 -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=\|lpr gslp.ps -