Re: Is `Okidata 6e' page printer a `Windows-based' printer?
On Sat, Dec 20, 1997 at 09:33:53PM -0600, Charles Read wrote:
> Following the Print-HOWTO, I did this from root:
>
> # cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp1
>
> My printer's LED blinked, with no further response after.
> /proc/devices shows that lp exists; `dmesg | grep lp' shows
> that my printer is recognized at port 0x378 (the IRQ should
> be 7, but I could not verify this from Linux).
>
> QUESTION: Does this mean my printer is `Windows-based',
> ie, unusable under Linux? [If not, is there some other
> way to determine an answer to this question?]
It looks like it should be fine since the LED blinked. However
a page printer (like all lasers) will not actually print until
it has seen the end of page, ie a form feed (ASCII 12). Sending
jobs to the printer port with cat won't append a form feed,
so the page isn't actually printed until I press the button
on the front panel (of my 5L). Try that. Once you have print out
from that, install magicfilter, which will take care of all
your printing like of straight text with lpr (it will fix up
the problem of the printer needing CR/LF versus unix just
LF which Tim Sailer mentioned, ie the stair case effect),
and also add the line feeds, let you print postscript on
a non-postscript printer etc.
hamish
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