Re: Proper 4.3BSD printcap entry for Laserwriter

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From: Roy Smith
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1987 19:13

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In article <643@noao.UUCP> grandi@noao.arpa (Steve Grandi) writes:
> How does one set up a proper /etc/printcap for an Apple Laserwriter on a
> 4.3BSD system?

	Here's what we've been using for the past couple of years.  This
works fine for us using Adobe's pscomm (part of the transcript package) to
do the low-level communication with the printer.  We've used essentially
the same printcap entry on 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, Sun-3.0 and Sun-3.2 systems.

# Apple LaserWriter in room 1074
laser10|laser|postscript|PostScript:\
	:lp=/dev/laser:br#9600:\
	:fs#0000003:fc#0000374:\
	:xs#0040040:xc#0000000:\
	:pl#66:pw#80:\
	:mx#0:\
	:rw:sf:sb:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/laser10:\
	:af=/usr/adm/lpd/laser10.acct:lf=/usr/spool/laser10/laser-log:\
	:if=/usr/lib/ps/psif:\
	:of=/usr/lib/ps/psof:gf=/usr/lib/ps/psgf:\
	:nf=/usr/lib/ps/psnf:tf=/usr/lib/ps/pstf:\
	:rf=/usr/lib/ps/psrf:vf=/usr/lib/ps/psvf:\
	:cf=/usr/lib/ps/pscf:df=/usr/lib/ps/psdf:
-- 
Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy
System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute
455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016

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Subject: Re: Proper 4.3BSD printcap entry for Laserwriter
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