TABAKIN@vms.cis.pitt.edu (08/04/90)
Dear Glenn: Concerning Hp laserjet and a Decstation, I have a laserjet iii
running off a Decstation3100 in plain hp mode and also with a postscript cartridge.
The info was provided, after several attempts , by DEC.
The file plain_lj.c plus the printcap file does the trick.
Hope it helps. frank
--------------------plain)lj.c-----------------------------------------
/* xtab - filter out tabs; replace with correct number of spaces */
#include <stdio.h>
#define D_TABWIDTH 8 /* default tab width */
int tabwidth = D_TABWIDTH;
#define nexttab(x) ((x+tabwidth)-(x%tabwidth)) /* calculate next tab position */
int
main(argc, argv)
int argc;
char *argv[];
{
register int
c, /* incoming char */
dest, /* destination column number for tab logic */
col; /* next column to print into */
char *cp, *tcp;
fputs("\033E\033&k2G\033&166p2e7.6c66F",stdout);
col = 0;
while ((c=getchar()) != EOF) {
if(c< ' ') {
if (c == '\t') {
for (dest = nexttab(col) ; col < dest;
col++)
putchar(' ');
continue;
}
else if (( c == '\n') || (c == '\r')) {
putchar(c);
col = 0;
continue;
}
else if (c == '\b') {
if (col > 0) {
putchar('\b');
col--;
}
continue;
}
}
putchar(c);
col++;
}/* while */
fputs("\033E",stdout);
}
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------------------printcap------------------------------------------
# set up for printing on hplaseriii in hpl mode
lpj|lp1|lj3|hp:\
:af=/usr/adm/lp1acct:\
:br#9600:\
:fc#0177476:\
:ff=:\ ff=\033E:\
:fs#0000301:\
:lf=/usr/adm/lp1err:\
:lp=/dev/tty01:\
:of=/usr/local/plain_lj:\
:sh:\
:sb:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd1:\
:xc#077737:\
:xs#000040:
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