> > Now that i've finally got that lp driver to print on my
> > inkspitter (= it should work 100% on other parallel printers
> > too) it's time to write some userland tools.
>
> Does this mean that, other than the actual networking code, ELKS is
> ready to act as a transparent print spooler? If so, that's great
> news...
Yes. Although it shouldn't be too hard to put together simple filter, at
least something that converts plain ascii to PCL printavble file. What i
fed my printer was document spitted out of magicfilter for Linux.
BTW, this doesn't really exlpain why i didn't get staircase effect - my
document surely didn't have ^M (it's missing from full LF/CR sequence on
Unix) and the document printed nice anyway. I'll have to investigate
this a bit more. And yes, lp.c needs error handling so it will become
larger eventually.
> I'd certainly be interested in having a go at lpd if it's not yet
> ready, and I can probably also put together a basic terminal emulator,
> although I can't guarantee anything soon...
In that case it'd be better if you go for lpd or relevant printer tools.
Jacek Lipowski claims claims that he has terminal program improved and i
guess it's just up to him to reveal the URL where it is located :-)))))
bye, Ab
