The original question was:
>I have a DEC Alpha with OSF/1 V3.0, and several networked HP Laserjet IV
>printers. The printcap entry for one of this printers is:
>
>nw_alamak2|lp9:\
> :fs#03:\
> :if=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:\
> :lf=/usr/adm/lp9err:\
> :lp=:\
> :of=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:\
> :rm=alamak2:\
> :rp=lp:\
> :sd=/usr/spool/lpd9:
>
>When I send a MS-DOS text file (CR-LF) or a HP-PCL5 it prints ok, but when
>I send a unix text file (LF) it does not send the CR.
The problem can be fixed by replacing the /etc/printcap line
:lp=:\
by
:lp=text:\
I have tried it and it works fine for MS-DOS and UNIX text files and PCL5
files. I have not been able to check if it works with postscript since I do
not have an HP LJ 4 with postscript.
Thanks to all who responded:
Rudi Boerner <rb_at_bogart.mpib-tuebingen.mpg.de>
Harald Lundberg <hl_at_tekla.fi>
Antonia Gomez <antonia_at_fib.upc.es>
msprague_at_MIT.EDU (D. Mark Sprague)
Sheila Hollenbaugh <shollen_at_valhalla.cs.wright.edu>
Dave Otto <dave_at_dvorak.jta.edd.ca.gov>
zhou_at_puffin.usmcs.maine.edu (Yizhong Zhou)
Peter.
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