Hi All,
We have numerous HP LaserJet 4 Plus printers connected to our network via
Lantronics Ethernet/Parallel devices. My /etc/printcap has entries for
these printers like this:
lp|lp0|0|humrs1|HUMRS1:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lperr/lp0:\
:lp=:\
:rm=10.1.3.47:\
:rp=HUMRS1:\
:sh:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:
HUMRS1 is the name of the Lantronics device.
Most of the print jobs are generated by applications that format the data
via their own drivers and Unix just dumps it to the printer. A Developer is
now generating a test file and sending it to the printer via lpr. He now
wants to print this in landscape mode. So, we tried "lpr -Phumrs1
-Olandscape filename", unsuccessfully (I assume because it's a remote
printer.
To solve this I created the following two files with the escape sequences to
change the printer mode to landscape and back to portrait:
File /tmp/hp_landscape contains: ^[&l2a10^[(s0p12h3T
File /tmp/hp_portrait contains: ^[&l2a0O^[(s0p12h3T
I then instructed the Developer to print via the following command:
cat /tmp/hp_landscape his_file_name /tmp/hp_portrait | lpr -Phumrs1
This works, but I keep thinking that there must be a better way.
Does anyone know of a more "proper" way to do this? VMS sets these up with
some kind of "form" parameter and WinNT(grimace!) has its' wizards. The Sys
Admin manual is a little thin on remote printers.
This particular system is a 4100 running 4.0e, but I will probably have to
make this work on 5.1, as well. My guess is that not much has changed
between versions in this regard.
Thanks In Advance,
Douglas L. Thomas
Network Support Specialist - Senior Unix Administrator
Great Lakes Gas Transmission
dthomas_at_glgt.com
Received on Wed Apr 04 2001 - 17:10:31 NZST