Re: Cups, Gutenprint, and Plain Text
On Sat 02 Jan 2016 at 10:16:27 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Ok, I installed Cups+Gutenprint on my server because Magicfilter doesn't
> support my "new" printer. After a struggle I have it printing pdfs both
> locally and remotely.
>
> Plain text, however, is too much for it. With Magicfilter I just typed
> "lpr filename" and everything just worked, whether the file was plain
> text or pdf. With Cups "lp filename" (lpr is gone) works fine for a pdf
> but with plain text gives a gray bar at the top of the page. "lp -o raw
> filename" is too raw: no carriage returns. There are various filters,
> of course, but I can't ask my wife to type "<filter> < filename | lp"
> for plain text and "lp filename" for pdfs. How do I get cups to do what
> Magicfilter does "magically"? Surely this is a solved problem.
The printer name and model would be useful to know; as would the PPD
presently being used.
There is no difference in using lp or lpr.
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