We use Fujitsu DL-1100 printers to print simple text labels, and we run them in IBM proprinter emulation.
Funnily enough, I just finished doing exactly what you suggested! Good to know I'm on the right track now :) Thanks, Adam. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick Powell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:00 AM Subject: Re: LPRng: Print filter for IBM proprinter emulation > See below for answer... > > > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Apr 9 20:42:46 2002 > > From: "Adam Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: LPRng: Print filter for IBM proprinter emulation > > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:44:26 +0930 > > > > I copied the gs_epsonc printer setup in the ifhp.conf file and created an > > ibmpro entry that looks like: > > > > [ ibmpro ] > > tc=pcl_gs > > gs_device=ibmpro > > gs_options= > > > > So all I changed there was the gs_device to ibmpro, which gs lists as a > > supported output device. When I print a text file using lpr, the PCL > > initialization string is printed then the rest of the text file. An IBM > > proprinter does not know about PCL at all so it will just print out the PCL > > codes like they are part of the text file. > > > > What we want is to send the initialization string at the start of the print > > job: > > > > \022\033A\014\033CB\033F\033H\033W0\033T\033-0\033O\033R > > Set: > pcl_init = \022\033A\014\033CB\033F\033H\033W0\033T\033-0\033O\033R > > > > > and to be able to set the pitch, right margin and pagelength with -Z > > options. I have the commands that need to be sent to set these parameters. > > > > What I tried doing was adding the following commands to the ifhp.conf file: > > > > ## START IBM config - ajf > > > > ibm_user_opts=[ > > pitch5 pitch6 pitch9 pitch10 pitch12 pitch17 > > ] > > > > ibm_pitch5=\022\033W1\c > > ibm_pitch6=\022\033:\033W1\c > > ibm_pitch9=\022\017\033W1\c > > ibm_pitch10=\022\033W0\c > > ibm_pitch12=\022\033:\033W0\c > > ibm_pitch17=\022\017\033W0\c > > > > ibm_init=\022\033A\014\033CB\033F\033H\033W0\033T\033-0\033O\033R > > > Make these: > > pcl_user_opts=[ > pitch5 pitch6 pitch9 pitch10 pitch12 pitch17 > ] > > pcl_pitch5=\022\033W1\c > pcl_pitch6=\022\033:\033W1\c > pcl_pitch9=\022\017\033W1\c > pcl_pitch10=\022\033W0\c > pcl_pitch12=\022\033:\033W0\c > pcl_pitch17=\022\017\033W0\c > > pcl_init=\022\033A\014\033CB\033F\033H\033W0\033T\033-0\033O\033R > > > > > > ## END IBM config - ajf > > > > [ ibmpro ] > > status@ > > sync@ > > pagecount@ > > pjl@ > > pcl > > ps@ > > text@ > > ibm > > file_output_match = [ > > *text* ibm > > ] > > And make this: > > [ ibmpro ] > status@ > sync@ > pagecount@ > pjl@ > pcl > ps@ > text@ > > file_output_match = [ > *text* pcl > ] > > > > > I've only tried the pitch commands for now - I'll add the others when I get > > this working. > > > > At the moment when the ifhp filter is piped a file it's returning nothing on > > the output. If I change the file_output_match to *text* raw, then it just > > prints out the raw input file as expected. I'm running the ifhp filter from > > the command line as: > > > > /usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp -T model=ibmpro < /tmp/testfile > > > > >From here I don't know where to go. Can ifhp handle adding additional > > command sets, or should I be writing a shell script as a print filter and > > using that instead of ifhp? > > > > Hope that all made sense! :) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Adam. > > Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, > Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 > Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 > LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST > The address you post from MUST be your subscription address > > If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests > or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. 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