On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 21:46:56 -0800 Bill Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 09:14:53PM -0600, Alan Jackson wrote: > >I support some software on CPAN that builds mailing labels in PostScript. > > > >I just got a query from a fellow who has a continuous-feed tractor printer > >(an Okidata) who wants to print labels on it from Linux. > > > >I think I gave away my old dot matrix a few years ago so I can't do any > >testing. I suspect that creating a postscript file is probably not the way > >to handle a continous feed printer - probably just want to send it raw > >printing commands and text. Does anyone have experience with continuous > >feed on Linux? How does it work? What sort of drivers do you need? Am I > >making this too complicated? > > Yup. > > I don't know about CUPS and the other fancy stuff, but printing > text under normal *ix is just a matter of a filter that basically > sends the input directly to the printer without massaging it at > all. Typically pages are 66 lines of ascii text, and most of the > Okidata printers can also set other page lengths so you can use > the FF (form feed, ctrl-L) character to jump to the top of form. > > Printing labels is just a matter of formatting ascii text into columns with > the right number of lines in each label. The default setting on the Oki is > most like 6lpi (lines per inch). > Thanks! Hopefully we've helped yet another fugitive from Gates world move to Linux. I tried this on my inkjet, and it worked like a champ. Just sent the text to /dev/lp0. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | Alan K. Jackson | To see a World in a Grain of Sand | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, | | www.ajackson.org | Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand | | Houston, Texas | And Eternity in an hour. - Blake | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
