Nemir, On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 04:41:49AM +0000, nemir nemiria wrote:
> I think I may not have been clear enough with this. The first part of the > print job must run as simplex, then a duplex bit has to happen, and then > potentially a simplex thing has to happen after that. This was working > okay on the old servers, but not on the linux staging boxes. Can you paginate the chunks so the appropriate PS code can be inserted or appended beforehand? What are you actually sending to the printer; plaintext or PS? Where is text to PS conversion - or is it - done? > >If you're using ifhp, you can add this to the printers printcap entry: > > <snip *excellent* instructions on ifhp stuff> > > What is ifhp? ;-) Me 'n printing go way back, can you tell? See http://www.lprng.com/#ifhpdist for a short introduction. There is also a good IFHP-HOWTO by Patrick, just search google. Also check out the a2ps ASCII to postscript converter distro. > I am just using the RedHat 9.0 LPRng out of the box installation, so will > be using the /usr/share/printconf/util/jetdirectprint file, as far as i am > aware. > > We load a postscript overlay onto the printers, and I could get functions > added to that without too much stress I believe. Perhaps I could/should > take this to a postscript list? Does anyone know where I might find one? > > > >Btw. if you need this for level 2 PS change the echoed lines to: > > What is level 2 PS? Sorry, this is lvl 1 stuff -- I made a mistake. Like Jim already pointed out Page Device is a Postscript level 2 feature. > >(echo "%! > >%%BeginFeature: *Duplex False > >statusdict /setduplexmode known { > >statusdict begin false setduplexmode end > >} if > >%%EndFeature"; /bin/cat $tempfile) > > > > I have just picked up the Adobe Postscript Language Reference, 3rd > edition, but at this stage it seems a little beyond me. Try to get the 'Tutorial and Cookbook' - the old Bluebook - for a quick start. > Thanks again for your help. You're welcome. -- Henk Roose [EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands Phone: +31 20 5929333 Fax: +31 20 5924199 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
