On Thu, Nov 25, 1999 at 02:02:47PM -0500, David Blackman wrote
> For some of the wierd symbols, like card suits and lines and shapes, I
> need to print ths to start it:
> "\033[11m"
>
> and thsi to stop it (so that keys display properly)
> "\033[10m"
>
> Is there a better way?
>
If you use magicfilter, you can alter the line that governs
'raw' printing to add codes sent before and after jobs;
if you want to turn this on for entire jobs, you can set
up a second printer entry that uses a different magicfilter
file and then pipes the resulting stuff to your original printer;
e.g.,
==/etc/printcap==
lp|epson9|Some Epson Printer:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson9:\
:sf:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/epson9-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
fancy|alternatetextset|bogus:\
:lp=|lpr -Plp:sd=/var/spool/lpd/fancy:\
:sf:sh:pw#80:pl#72:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/myfilter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
and have the last line of myfilter something like:
default cat \e[11m \e[10m
You should then be able to print textfiles where you want the
suit symbols, smiley faces, et al. to "fancy" with e.g. lpr -Pfancy
By using a pipe for the device for the fancy printer rather than
the actual device name (which is already associated with another
printcap entry) we get a warm fuzzy feeling that lpd won't try to
send two jobs to the same device simultaneously.
Disclaimer: I haven't tried this myself, but it looks about right
to me :-)
John P.
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