I am TOTALLY AMAZED at the cleverness of the LPRng users...
I would have NEVER thought of this... Congrats, Bill AKA William R. Knox
Patrick
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Sep 26 12:13:21 2000
> Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 14:12:28 -0400
> From: "William R. Knox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: lpf
>
> Karl,
> I've actually had some trouble with lpf as an if filter, in that it will
> also convert my PCL output, rendering it unusable. I have added a
> crlfonly printer type to my ifhp.conf file to CR/LF convert only text
> files and use that on LPD printers to cure the stairstepping. By the
> way, what you are missing is lpd_bounce, which forces the queue entries
> to be processed locally before being sent off to the printer.
>
> My printcap entries look like this (notice the of filter use of lpf for
> the lpbanner output, which I am obviously guaranteed is text and not
> PCL):
>
> a020b|A020B:ab:bs=/usr/local/bin/lpbanner:lpd_bounce:tc=.printsrv3-ip:if=/usr/lo
> cal/etc/filters/ifhp
> -Tmodel=crlfonly:of=/usr/local/bin/lpf:rp=lp:rm=a020b.mitre
> .org
>
> .printsrv3-ip:\
> sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:\
> chooser=/usr/local/eprint/bin/poll_printer.pl:\
> connect_grace=10:\
> network_connect_grace=10
>
> and the crlfonly entry in the ifhp.conf file is at the bottom and looks
> like this:
>
> [ crlfonly ]
> file_output_match = [
> *postscript* raw
> *pcl* raw
> *pjl* raw
> *printer*job*language* raw
> *text* text
> ]
> pjl@
> pcl@
> ps@
> status@
> pagecount@
> sync@
> waitend@
> text_converter_output@
> text_converter@
> crlf
>
> Let me know if this works for you. Good luck!
>
> --
> Bill Knox
> Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
> The MITRE Corporation
>
> Karl Rossing wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have added the following to my printers printcap entry, in the hopes
> > that this will fix the Jaggies.
> > :filter=/usr/sbin/lpf:\
> > :force_localhost:\
> >
> > For some odd reason, i still have a problem with jaggies or stairstepped
> > output.
> >
> > Do you have any suggestions?
> >
> > Karl
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