Re: Staircase in remote printer.

[Mike Garfias <mcg24@csufresno.edu>]

Sebastian Canagaratna spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> CAn anyone tell me how to get rid of the staircase effect
> on a remote printer. Remote printing with emacs etc.
> is OK , but with an ascii file, if
> I use
>   lpr -Pprintername filename
> I get the staircase effect. I have tried various suggestions
> given in books they they have never worked. The printer is
> an HP laser jet. 
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Sebastian Canagaratna
> Ohio NOrthern University
> Ada, OH 45810.
> 
> 
> 
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In your /etc/printcap file, make sure the "rp" entry is set to text, not raw.
ex.: :rp=text:\
That should fix it.

Mike