I think your problem is that CR/LF translation is not turned on by
default in ifhp, and with good reason. CR/LF translation will munge PCL
that is sent to the printer, making it print out as straight text (I
have beaten my head over this one, I can assure you). The solution I
found was to set up a printer definition at the end of the ifhp.conf
called crlfonly, which allows everything through straight with the
exception of plain text, on which it performs CR/LF translation. I use
this entry with all the LPD printers here, and it works great. Here is
the entry:
[ 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
Your printcap should then be changed to have the line
:if=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
read
:if=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp -Tmodel=crlfonly
which will call that printer model and do what you want. I think you can
whack the filter: line as well.
Good luck, and let me know if this helps!
--
Bill Knox
Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
The MITRE Corporation
Jeanne Ilchuk wrote:
>
> I noticed all the discussion about staircase text
> ouput. None of the suggestions used have worked
> for me. I installed these packages on 10/4:
>
> 1898441 Oct 4 13:32 LPRng-3.6.24-1.i386.rpm
> 165052 Oct 4 13:33 ifhp-3.3.21-1.i386.rpm
>
> I too was under the impression that using the ifhp
> filters would work using the :filter parameter
>
> I'm not trying to print anything fancy, just a
> vi edited text file from a Linux (6.0/2.2.10 kernel)
> version. The printer is an HP LaserJet 5M. It's
> not new, but it's not that only, maybe 2-3 years old.
> I did not update the BIOS, and haven't figured out if
> I need too (saw recommendation in the documentation).
>
> My version of LPRng is successfully installed and I get
> this message with the lpq command:
> [root@raid02 /etc]# lpq
> Printer: hp4@raid02
> Queue: no printable jobs in queue
>
> Here's my printcap, which works, but I'm not really sure
> how to specify a server and a client. I'm setting up
> "raid02" as the server, and want other linux machines on
> our network to be able to spool print jobs to raid02 and
> print to one of about 4-5 printers in our building.
>
> I'm also not sure when I'm supposed to use the "\" continuation
> lines. Some examples I see use syntax with :\ at the end of the
> line, no : at the beginning. I tried a combination:
>
> [root@raid02 /etc]# cat printcap
> # LPRng /etc/printcap file
> # LPRng VERSION=3.6.24-1
> # ifhp filter VERSION=3.3.21-1
>
> lp:\
> :server
> :force_localhost
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
>
> hp5:\
> :client
> :rm=hp5.wrlc.org:rp=hp5
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
> # commented out the IP for HP5m - worked with alias
> # :[EMAIL PROTECTED]%9100:rp=hp5
> :if=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> :lpd_bounce
>
> Using this printcap file I can print to the hp5M printer with the
> stair step. I don't know what to do. I logon to the raid02 server
> and want to print out the "printcap" text file. If I don't figure
> this out soon, my boss is going to a replacement (of me, not LPRng).
> Do I have the :server and :client entries correct?
>
> I have jetdirect software installed on our AIX and Sun machines,
> but don't know if that software is available for Linux. I thought
> the ifhp filters is software that's similar to the jetdirect software.
>
> I need someone to give me some tips. Do I need to install LPRng
> on the other linux machines that I wish to print from, or just
> set up a printcap entry to direct the output to the spool on
> raid02, then print to the network hp5 printer. I've read this
> stuff and my brains are about to burst and my eyes are glazed
> over.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jean
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