Re: lpr printing difficulties
At 12:49 PM 12/16/1998 -0600, Brian Morgan wrote:
>Having trouble printing using lpr. I assume I'm doing this right. I type
>"lpr -Pprintername FILENAME" and I get a cover page, a page DESCRIBING the
>desired file, and then a blank sheet. When I print from Netscape, it either
>prints hundreds of blank pages, or hundreds of pages with jumbled text.
>Here's my printcap entry:
>
>kingsnake|laserjet 4 in computer room
> :lp=:\
> :rm=kingsnake
> :rp=raw
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/kingsnake
> :mx#0
> :sh
>
>I've also tried :rp=text, with same results. Any suggestions?
>3. Is there anything special you need to do to get netscape to print
>specific frames?
>
>Thanks
>
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>
>Brian Morgan bmorgan@greenville.edu
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I THINK you need to feed your output through a filter to convert Netscape's
postscript output to a format more suitable for your HP printer (PCL?).
However, a remote printer entry doesn't go through an input filter, so you
need to use a "bounce queue". I don't know enough about it to give you much
more than that, but maybe that's a hint.
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