RE: [TCLUG:992] Caldera OpenLinux install hassles

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Carl Patten [mailto:cpatte@trimodalinc.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 4:42 PM
> To: tclug-list@listserv.real-time.com
> Subject: Re: [TCLUG:992] Caldera OpenLinux install hassles
>
>
> Eric Hillman wrote:
> >
> > New Server:
> > ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet4 600x600 letter {} LaserJet4 Default 1
> > lp|main5si:\
> >         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> >         :mx#0:\
> >         :sh:\
> >         :rm=main5si.cccu.com:\
> >         :rp=:\
> >         :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> >
>
> Try changing the second-to-last-line to :rp=text:\  and print a text
> file.  If that works, change it to :rp=raw:\ and try a PostScript file.
>
> My info on JetDirect LPD printing recommends creating two printers, one
> with the remote printer name set to "text" and one with it set to
> "raw".  The "text" printer tells the JetDirect card that you're sending
> plain ASCII text that requires fixing of stair-stepping.  "raw" is for
> everything else.  You'd have, for example, main5sit and main5sir.


	Well, this has helped a bit...  The "text" print spooler works just fine.
The "raw" print spooler spits out a line of stair-stepped ASCII and a bunch
of blank pages -- in other words, exactly what it was doing before.
	I'm going to pursue this angle a little further and see what happens.  At
worst, a text-only printer should be adequate for now -- I'm not going to be
doing a whole lot of publishing work on this system...

--
Eric Hillman - UNIX Sysadmin
City & County Credit Union
ehillman@cccu.com