Hi All !
I originally had the following problem:
>When trying to print text file in a landscape option of lpr :
> lpr -Olandscape a.txt (like in the man pages).
>But the text file printed as portrait .
>The definition in printcap is as follows:
>
>hp5m|lp:\
> :fc#0177777:\
> :fs#023:\
> :if=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:\
> :lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
> :lp=:\
> :mx#0:\
> :of=/usr/lbin/hplaserpsof:\
> :pl#66:\
> :pw#80:\
> :rm=wizhp5m:\
> :rp=text:\
> :rw:\
> :sb:\
> :sh:\
> :sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
> :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:
>
>Printing landscape postscript files is fine.
>
>The printer type is Hp laserjet 5M , the printer network card is
>Hp jetdirect.
>
>Machine alpha 3000 600 , operating system is DU3.2c .
Thank to :
Stephen Carpenter.
Hellebo Knut.
WHITTAKER, Bruce.
Special Thanks to Israel Pascal.
The steps that solve the problem was:
1. First of all the problem well known at Digital, and they say the
problem solved at DU 4.0a .
2. Then I got from Digital support (Isarel) an lpr patch (added to this
mail).
3. I moved it to /bin/lpr_landscape.
4. chmod u+s /bin/lpr_landscape.
5. Example to printcap as follow :
hp5ml|lp1:\
:if=/usr/lbin/ln03rof:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lp1err:\
:lp=:\
:Or=landscape:\
:rm=wizhp5m:\
:rp=raw:\
:sb:\
:sh:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd1:
6. Define alias lprl '/bin/lpr_landscape -Plp1 \!*'
7. Using lprl a.txt will print this text file as landscape.
8. Any auther printing option didn't change after taking this
step.
9. ferther more WHITTAKER, Bruce recomanded to install a program called
mpage that solve him many problem.
Best
regards,
All above opinions are personal, unless stated otherwise.
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Received on Wed Nov 20 1996 - 10:14:13 NZDT