Karl,
I've actually had some trouble with lpf as an if filter, in that it will
also convert my PCL output, rendering it unusable. I have added a
crlfonly printer type to my ifhp.conf file to CR/LF convert only text
files and use that on LPD printers to cure the stairstepping. By the
way, what you are missing is lpd_bounce, which forces the queue entries
to be processed locally before being sent off to the printer.
My printcap entries look like this (notice the of filter use of lpf for
the lpbanner output, which I am obviously guaranteed is text and not
PCL):
a020b|A020B:ab:bs=/usr/local/bin/lpbanner:lpd_bounce:tc=.printsrv3-ip:if=/usr/lo
cal/etc/filters/ifhp
-Tmodel=crlfonly:of=/usr/local/bin/lpf:rp=lp:rm=a020b.mitre
.org
.printsrv3-ip:\
sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P:\
chooser=/usr/local/eprint/bin/poll_printer.pl:\
connect_grace=10:\
network_connect_grace=10
and the crlfonly entry in the ifhp.conf file is at the bottom and looks
like this:
[ crlfonly ]
file_output_match = [
*postscript* raw
*pcl* raw
*pjl* raw
*printer*job*language* raw
*text* text
]
pjl@
pcl@
ps@
status@
pagecount@
sync@
waitend@
text_converter_output@
text_converter@
crlf
Let me know if this works for you. Good luck!
--
Bill Knox
Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
The MITRE Corporation
Karl Rossing wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have added the following to my printers printcap entry, in the hopes
> that this will fix the Jaggies.
> :filter=/usr/sbin/lpf:\
> :force_localhost:\
>
> For some odd reason, i still have a problem with jaggies or stairstepped
> output.
>
> Do you have any suggestions?
>
> Karl
>
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