[UCLA-LUG] print under novell network using nprint

[MIng Yu]

The problem is that I'm not using printtool to configure the 
novell network printer but doing this through IPX. It doesn't 
use printcap file. Do you know where I should put the printer 
filter then? 

Thanks.

On Thu, 04 May 2000 15:00:30 -0700 Josh Barratt 
<jbarratt@ucla.edu> wrote:

> This is called stair-stepped text -- it's due to the missing CR in unix text
> files. There used to be a checkbox in redhat printtool that lets you turn
> off stair stepped text, but it seems to be missing now (?)
> 
> Anyway, here's a fix:
> Fixing stair-stepped text
> 
> If you got stair-stepped text when you redirected text directly to the
> printer port, then printing a text file through lpr will be no different.
> The answer to this problem is to define a printer filter that will process
> the data before it reaches the printer (in this case, we need carriage
> returns added to the end of each line).
> 
> Defining a printer filter is done by using the if= parameter (if stands for
> input filter) in your /etc/printcap file. For example, you could add this
> line to your printer definition (don't forget to put the slashes in
> appropriate places and restart lpd):
> 
> :if=/usr/bin/todos:
> Anything that gets printed through that queue will first be passed through
> the todos program (which will add the necessary carriage return to the end
> of each line). If todos doesn't exist on your system, you can create a
> replacement by putting the following lines in /usr/bin/todos  (don't forget
> to run 'chmod 755 todos' to make it executable).
> :#!/usr/bin/perl
> while (<>)
> 
>  chomp;
>  print "$_\r\n";
> }
> 
> Have fun . . .
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: MIng Yu <mingqiang.yu@anderson.ucla.edu>
> To: <linux@linux.ucla.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2000 2:34 PM
> Subject: [UCLA-LUG] print under novell network using nprint
> 
> 
> > I've configured my linux to be able to print to a novell network
> > printer using IPX. Here is what I've done:
> >
> > 1. in file /etc/rc.d/rc.local, add one line: /sbin/ipx_configure
> > --auto_interface=on --auto_primary=on
> > 2. in /usr/bin, chmod 4755 to files slist, ncpmount, ncpumount,
> > pqlist and nprint.
> > 3. under my home directory, mkdir printing
> > 4. under home directory, create a file .nwclient with the
> > servername/login name in.
> > 5. after "ncpmount printing" to the network printer, I'm able to
> > print using nprint -q printername filename
> >
> > The printer does print my file, but there is one problem. Each
> > line is printed under the previous line but after the last
> > character of the previous line. So, it can only print the first
> > few lines and stop. It seems that there are some hidden
> > characters before each line so the printer recognizes it with
> > some special meaning and indent that line. Could you tell me
> > what could cause this problem and how I can fix it?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >    ming
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