How about using pdf2ps and netcat ? pdf2ps urpdf.pdf - | netcat -w 1 printer_IP printer_port
On Fri, Jun 26, 2020, 10:03 AM Robert Nestor <rnes...@mac.com> wrote: > On my old Brother HL-1270N I found I had to append a “\004” to the end of > any file sent to the printer to get it to print. This was true for plain > text as well as Postscript files. The printer has different internal > “queues” for plain text and Postscript so I wrote a simple filter that > convetred plain text files into Postscript using enscript and sent > everything to the POSTSCRIPT_P1 queue on the printer. > > I now use a newer Brother HL-3230CDW that has the same setups but i’ve > discovered I don’t need to append anything to either type of files to get > them to print and the printer is smart enough to handle both plain text and > Postscript regardless of which internal queue the file is sent to, so I > don’t need any special handling anymore. > > The printer on my local network is named “patches” at a fixed address of > 192.168.1.2 and my /etc/printcap entry is: > > lp|patches:\ > :sh:lp=:mx#0:rm=patches:rp=TEXT_P1:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > :sd=/var/spool/output/lpd: > > Hope this helps, > -bob
