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Damian Maxwell (cscdm@luxor.latrobe.edu.au) wrote:
: Quick question,
: is anyone using a Canon BJ10ex with linux??
: ok, so actually, its the brother hj100 clone, but Im almost certain
: they are identical.
: I have been using the BJ200 printfilter but am having some difficulties
: with it.
: in a nutshell:
: I tried using the printer in Proprinter mode but it doesnt like my
: cutsheet feeder.  I tried it in native mode (hj100 AKA BJ10ex) and 
: in 1-up mode had an extra % sign at the start of each print job, so i
: fixed the source to get rid of it (just omit the % from the init string
: *grin*) but in 2-up mode, some of the user defined characters are corrupt.
: well, not corrupt as such, it seems to be printing its own rom characters
: in places...

: hope that makes some sense to someone 8-)

Hi Damian,

I got a BJ10e (which I presume is similar to the 10ex) working just by
running Red Hat's printtool, clicking "add", and selecting BJ10e, A4,
360dpi, etc.  The /etc/printcap entry that it generated looks like
this:

-----
lp0:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
        :mx#0:\
        :lp=/dev/lp1:\
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:\
        :sh:
-----

and the filter it created (/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter) looks like this:

-----
#!/bin/sh

DEVICE=bj10e
RESOLUTION=360x360
PAPERSIZE=a4
SENDEOF=

nenscript -TUS -ZB -p- |
if [ "$DEVICE" = "PostScript" ]; then
        cat -
else
        gs -q -sDEVICE=$DEVICE \
                -r$RESOLUTION \
                -sPAPERSIZE=$PAPERSIZE \
                -dNOPAUSE \
                -dSAFER \
                -sOutputFile=- -
fi

if [ "$SENDEOF" != "" ]; then
        printf "\004"
fi
-----

Hope this helps,
-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/