Quoting Stephen E. Hargrove ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I'm still chasing my text problem. I've installed magicfilter, and it > prints postscript files just fine. However, text files suffer from the > dreaded stair-step problem. Following is my printcap file. Any > suggestions would be most appreciated. > > # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. > # > lp|lp|HP Laserjet 4L:\ > :lp=:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:rm=192.168.2.50:rp=:lpr_bounce=true:\ > :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4l-filter:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Three ways: 1) Look at the last line of ljet4l-filter and find out why it doesn't fix the problem. Some of the filters use "text" instead of "cat" which may make the filter do something special (as my modified Epson filters do). Obviously I don't have a clue what cat \eE\e&k2G\e(0N \eE is meant to do. 2) Use a2ps to turn the text file into postscript (and much, much more of course). I never print text files as is. 3) Some printers have a "text" queue as well as a "raw" queue so that you can have a separate entry in printcap: :rm=999.888.777.63:\ :rp=raw:\ groks PS :rm=999.888.777.63:\ :rp=text:\ groks text with any old line-ending char Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.