Fwd: RE: lpr printing difficulties
>From: "Brian Morgan" <bmorgan@greenville.edu>
>To: "Kent West" <kent.west@infotech.acu.edu>
>Subject: RE: lpr printing difficulties
>Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 16:12:06 -0600
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>Anyone know anything about what Kent West is referring to (see below) about
>input filters, bounce queues, etc? Yes, I am using PCL on my HP 4 plus, and
>trying to get netscape (Postscript?) to print to it. Also, still having
>trouble just using lpr to print normal documents.
>
> 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. It doesn't actually print the
>document I've selected.
>
>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?
>> >Also: Is there anything special you need to do to get netscape to print
>> >specific frames?
>> >
>> >Thanks
>>
>Kent West wrote:
>>
>> 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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