Re: [Plug] Printing binary files & "raw" mode?

[tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com]

Thanks! This got me off top-dead-center...




jason@survivalnet.com on 08/09/99 11:50:58 AM

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Dunno, I dont do much printing under linux. Actually, I dont print
stuff at all. Anyways, check section 11.5 of the printer howto.

 11.5.  To an HP or other ethernet printer
HPs and some other printers come with an ethernet interface which you
can print to directly using lpd.  You should follow the instructions
that came with your printer or its network adaptor, but in general,
such printers are "running" lpd, and provide one or more queues which
you can print to.  An HP, for example, might work with a printcap
like:
lj-5|remote-hplj:\
:lp=/dev/null:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lj-5:\
:rm=printer.name.com:rp=raw:
HP Laserjet printers with Jet Direct interfaces generally support two
built in lpd queues - "raw" which accepts PCL (and possibly
Postscript) and "text" which accepts straight ascii (and copes
automatically with the staircase effect).  If you've got a JetDirect
Plus3 three-port box, the queues are named "raw1", "text2", and so
forth.
J.
When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
attitude.
On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
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> tburba@glcorpis01.usvision.com on 08/09/99 10:57:06 AM
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> More explicitly, I need to send PCL files to a PCL printer (HP laserJet
> family) in "raw" mode. Does raw mode only exist in SCO?
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> jason@survivalnet.com on 08/09/99 10:19:00 AM
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> Why not just check out what the Printing-HOWTO has to say? You dont
> usually cat large binary files to the printer anyways.... or do you?
> I dunno. I dont. I use some other program to talk to the printer...
> J.
> When I grow up, I wanna be more like me.
> I had a clue. I didn't like it. I took it back and exchanged it for an
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> On Mon, 9 Aug 1999 tburba@GLCORPIS01.usvision.com wrote:
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> > man lpr mentions it doesn't like large or binary files. SCO unix has a
> > "raw" option. How do I do the same in Linux? TIA
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