How to print more than 80 char in a line

From: Benlu Jiang <jiang_at_csdeca.cs.missouri.edu>
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 16:17:26 -0500

We have a HPLaserJet III which is connected to DEC 3000.

In the printcap, we set pw= #80.
We try to printout a plain text with small font and more than 80 characters
in a line. The end of line will be truncated if more 80 characters
in a line.

If we set pw=#90 (or any number large than 80), the printout orientation
will be changed to landscape.

My question is :
How to print out more than 80 characters in a line and still get
portrait orientation ( suppose the font is very small, can fit
more than 80 in a line).

Thanks for help!

Benlu Jiang

following is the printcap
-------------------
# _at_(#)printcap
#
# HP Laserjet IIIsi
#
hh|lp|hpgen:\
        :af=/usr/adm/lj-acct:\
        :br#19200:\
        :ct=dev:\
        :fc#0177777:\
        :fs#03:\
        :lp=/dev/tty00:\
        :mx#0:\
        :pl#66:\
        :pw#80:\
        :rw:\
        :uv=4.0:\
        :xc#0177777:\
        :xs#044000:
#
# HP Laserjet IIIsi, for processing PCL and plain ascii files.
#
lj|hp|hplj:\
        :if=/usr/lbin/hplaserof:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/lj-errs:\
        :of=/usr/lbin/hplaserof:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/lj:\
        :tc=hh:
#
# HP Laserjet IIIsi, for processing PostScript.
#
ps|pl|hpps:\
        :if=/usr/local/lib/wrappcl.sh:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/ps-errs:\
        :of=/usr/lbin/hplaserof:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/ps:\
        :tc=hh:
Received on Tue Oct 17 1995 - 22:36:33 NZDT

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