Subject: Re: printer
To: Tom W. Cutter <twcutter@mowgli.wr.usgs.gov>
From: Tom T. Thai <tomthai@future.net>
List: current-users
Date: 04/07/1995 12:03:52
On Fri, 7 Apr 1995, Tom W. Cutter wrote:

> >>>>> Tom T. Thai writes:
> > 
> > Anyone got a printcap and filters for use with HPLJ4mp?
> > 
> > I can currently:
> > 
> > 	cat text.file | crlf > /dev/lpa0
> > 
> > and it prints fine, but can't:
> > 	
> > 	lpr text.file
> 
> Why couldn't you add a :if=/usr/local/bin/crlf: to your
> printcap file and then if would filter everytime you
> send a file with lpr.

I did add this to /etc/printcap but it didn't work.  The printer prints 
blank pages if 'sf' is included in the /etc/printcap but if I leave 'sf' 
out, it doesn't even respond.

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Thomas T. Thai          INFOMEDIA
tom@future.net          Interactive Communications