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Re: HP Officejet d135 + (lpd || LPRng)

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From: John Sandell
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 23:53
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kanter bro wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Got a problem with my HP Officejet, I've downloaded and succefully
> installed and configured the hpo + hpijs drivers for it...
> I manage to print postscript documents with "gs -sDEVICE=ijs
> -sIjsServer=hpijs -dIjsUseOutputFD -sDeviceManufacturer="HEWLETT-PACKARD"
>  -sDeviceModel="DESKJET 990" -r300x300 -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER
> -sOutputFile="/dev/ptal-printd/mcl_usb_officejet_series" file.ps -c quit"
> 
> I've tried now to make it work with postscipt and txt documents with lpd
> and LPRng as they explain on linuxprinting.org
> I've downloaded the description file for the printer, footmatic-gswrapper
> and i've ripped off the /etc/printcap from them
> 
> lp|officejet:\
>     :force_localhost:\
>     :lp=/dev/ptal-printd/mcl_usb_officejet_series: \
>     :if=/usr/local/sbin/lpdomatic: \
>     :filter_options= --lprng $Z /usr/local/lib/hpo-d135.dscr: \
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \
>     :rw:mx#0:sh:
> 
> now, ptal-printd's running, after a lpc start all, lpq tells me that the
> printer is up...
> I run lpr anything.ps and there, the printer output is awfull,
> the output of the ps file is all messed up...
> when i try to print a text file, well, I got the text with the carriage
> returns and an indentation badly placed....
> If only someone could help me to find where I got wrong....
> 

What Linux distribution and version are you using?

John Sandell
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