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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!swidir.switch.ch!newsfeed.ACO.net!Austria.EU.net!EU.net!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!nntp.gmd.de!news.rwth-aachen.de!not-for-mail From: thomas@ghpc8.ihf.rwth-aachen.de (Thomas Gellekum) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Simple LP question Date: 9 Aug 1995 06:12:12 GMT Organization: <this space intentionally left blank> Lines: 23 Message-ID: <409jjs$34k@news.rwth-aachen.de> References: <3uf9sv$65j@cmcl2.NYU.EDU> <3ve02s$7ib@hydra.msgi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: ghpc6.ihf.rwth-aachen.de X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950621BETA PL0] Coranth Gryphon (gryphon@msgi.com) wrote: > In article <3uf9sv$65j@cmcl2.NYU.EDU>, > Joseph Steinberg <steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> wrote: > > > >Anyone know how to configure LP (printcap etc.) so that it will print > >simple text files on an HP-LaserJet4 (with postscript.) I know that the > >device /dev/lpt0 works -- I can cat into the device and it prints... > > Same question, HP-LJ 2 (not postscript). > > The problem I have is the printer is only spews blank pages at me. > Same thing if I use a dot-matrix (Panasonic 11-24). Simple text files? Is there just one line on the first page? Did you try to print some files in the printers graphics format (e. g. some converted dvi-file)? What's your printcap entry for the printer(s)? We don't have any problems here with stupid Epson 9-pin printers or with our LJ 3. You need to be careful with text files on the LJ, because it doesn't do a carriage return after a line feed. On the Epson this is configurable via a dip switch. tg