Re: Printing to a windows shared printer
On Mon, Aug 31, 1998 at 09:02:11PM +0100, Ian Lynagh wrote:
> I am having some problems with printing to a windows shared printer
> over the network. It is a NEC SuperScript 860.
>
> If I do "lpr -Pnec myfile.txt" then the green light goes
> blink-blink...blink-blink...blink-blink...
> which means "PCL data left in printer". Pressing the button on the front
> makes the text print.
This is because no form feed has been sent to the printer.
Installing magicfilter would do the job nicely. It will handle adding
formfeeds at the end of the last page, do CR-CR/LF translations where
necessary to prevent the staircase effect, and also do transparent
translation of postscript and other formats using appropriate filters
(like ghostscript).
Hamish
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