look at /etc/printcap, if there is a line with
:if:/var/spool/..../filter it is passing it through an input filter.
You may want to change to a better printing subsystem.
If it is a postscript capable printer, you don't need a filter at all.
Hugh
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>
> I'm using RH and have set it up with the printer setup in Control Panel.
> I would have thought the lpr command would just dump to the printer but
> the way it's acting it doesn't do that. I checked the file and there are
> no printer commands I can see.
>
> I guess I'll mess with printcap and see what I can do.
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad
>
> On Sat, 3 Feb 2001, Levi Pearson wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Feb 03, 2001 at 01:36:08PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Normally when I print I only print off small 1 page files using lpr -
> > > today I printed off a larger file and I don't like the output - no top or
> > > bottom margins and there are about 3 lines printed per page more than
> > > there are on a page so I get one full page and one page with only 3 lines
> > > on it, then the system does a page feed, and on and on and on.
> > >
> > > How does one set the default lpr parameters?
> > >
> > > Brad
> >
> > Well, this is actually a rather arcane thing. The lpr tools by default
> > just spit whatever you give them right into the printer port. It does
> > provide, however a mechanism for passing the data it receives through a
> > filter. This is controlled by the /etc/printcap file. Most distributions
> > have some sort of a handy package that installs some sort of user-friendly
> > way of handling printer filters and such.
> >
> > I think I'm using magicfilter now, which checks the type of input
> > that it gets and runs it through an appropriate filter. This will
> > run postscript files through ghostscript, text files through a pretty
> > printer program, etc. The alternative to using you distribution's way
> > of handling printers is to read up on /etc/printcap in HOWTOs and write
> > your own filters and such. Good luck!
> >
> > --Levi
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