I have an HP laserjet 1100 which can print at 300x300 and 600x600 dpi. I
configured the printer and the apsfilter with YaST. It was very easy to setup
the printer. I added two entries for my printer in the /etc/printcap (using
YaST) one for 300x300 dpi and one for 600x600 dpi. In /etc/printcap I have 2
blocks with 3 entries each (ascii, ps and raw). The first line refers to the
printer name: i.e.
ascii|lp1|ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-300|ljet4 a4 ascii mono 300:\
this means that I can print an ascii file with a resolution of 00 dpi with the
a2ps filter with the command lpr -P PrinterName FileToBePrinted
where PrinterName is one among ascii, lp1,ljet4...
The corresponding line for a 600x600 dpi resolution is
ljet4-ascii|lp4|ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600|ljet4 a4 ascii mono 600:\
The shortest way to refer to a printing mode is lpN (where N is a number), but
it is quite hard to remember that lp5 correspond to a Postscript printing mode
with 600x600 dpi.
I tried to edit by hand the /etc/printcap file adding a name, which I can easily
remember, to the lines I mentioned above. Then I restarted lpd, but then when I
type lpr -P PrinterName I get a "printer unknown" message.
Suggestions are welcome.
Maurizio
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