Re: Dj660c-filter and stepping
Do you have gs (or preferably gs-aladdin) installed? That is necessary
for the man -t output to print, since -t converts it to PostScript.
Keep at it and you will soon learn the Unix/Linux commands. Most of us
started from a DOS background.
Bob
On Wed, 18 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
> Hi Bob,
>
> Thank you for your info, but the command ' man -t printcap|lpr '
> didn't work.
> With your hint I tried ' man printcap|lpr ' it works. Printing perfectly
> without any stepping at all.
>
> Thanks anyway. Since I am new to Linux, I don't know the command
> style in Unix/GNU/Linux. Now I know the symbol '|' means piping. In Dos
> I usually use
> 'type printcap > lpt1' and that will print to the printer.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alan
>
> On Tue, 17 Nov 1998, Alan Tam wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there a filter for HP Deskjet 660C in the Debian Packages ?
>
> > So far I can get from magicfilter_1.2-24.deb is dj550c-filter.
> >
> > I am trying to print the manual pages through my HP Deskjet
> > 660c. A
> > question on how to eliminate the stepping effect when I issue the
> > command
> > man printcap > /dev/lp1
>
> The reason you are getting the stepping is that this is going as raw
> data
> to the printer, not through any filter. You need to pipe it through lpr,
>
> not send it directly to /dev/lp1.
>
> The ghostscript printer compatibility page
> (http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html) indicates that the cdj550
> driver (which is called by dj550c-filter) is the correct one to use with
>
> the 660C, so you should use the dj550c-filter in magicfilter.
>
> To print a man page, use 'man -t printcap|lpr'.
>
> >
> > From the Printing-HowTo, there is an example
> > #!perl
> > #The above line should really have the whole path to perl
> > #This script must be executable: chmod 755 filter
> > while (<STDIN>){chop $_; print "$_\r\n";);
> > #You might also want to end with a form feed: print "\f";
> >
> > Should I leave the STDIN as is or replace it with lp1 or something
> else
> > ?
>
> The easy way is to let magicfilter do the work for you.
>
> Bob
>
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