I just tried to pass the print job off using kprinter
http://printing.kde.org/overview/kprinter.php
using in my terminal settings
CLOSE EXECUTE: W *27,"E" U IO K IO(1,IO) C IO ZSYSTEM "kprinter
--nodialog --system cups -P HL1240 "_ION_" "_IO
Then sending a test job resulted in a much nicer looking output.
DEVICE: HL1240 HOME LAN
Do you want your output QUEUED? NO// (NO)
[ 2 pages * 1 copy ] left in /tmp/kde-ibk/kdeprint_sjs3cDRw
1 lines were wrapped
1 non-printable characters
Not sure what is causing the non-printable characters - I will look at
it in more detail but kprinter appears to take care of all the
housekeeping as far as creating (in my case emulating) PS output. And it
indeed looks much nicer!
K.S. Bhaskar wrote:
FWIW, I would advise against sending escape sequences or PCL directly to
a printer - makes the printer hard to replace. It would be better to
send either straight ASCII text or, for nicer printouts, Postscript.
Since there is a postscript driver on Linux for (almost) every printer,
you are not tied in to a specific printer.
-- Bhaskar
Kevin Toppenberg wrote:
Mark,
I like your solution. It is certainly more succinct
than mine was.
From your code, it appears that IO is set to equal $I
before PRE-OPEN EXECUTE code it set. I didn't realize
that the variable ION was set to the device name.
We have a HP laserjet 5. I haven't tried sending it
escape sequences (as you seem to be doing.) When I
tried to choose subtype that was 12point, it didn't
print right. What are you doing with those escape
sequences?
Kevin
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