pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) (02/26/88)
I am attempting to print text files prepared with "nroff -man" on an
Okidata 294 printer. This printer *is* capable of backspacing, but
seems to ignore the ^Hs in the text file.
Is there a way of setting the port to pass ^Hs unmolested? I have tried
playing with /etc/gettydefs "printer" line, with ICANON and OPOST, but
nothing has worked yet.
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Peter Holsberg UUCP: {rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
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Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) (02/27/88)
From: "Peter J. Holsberg" <pjh@mccc.uucp>
I am attempting to print text files prepared with "nroff -man" on an
Okidata 294 printer. This printer *is* capable of backspacing, but
seems to ignore the ^Hs in the text file.
Is there a way of setting the port to pass ^Hs unmolested? I have tried
playing with /etc/gettydefs "printer" line, with ICANON and OPOST, but
nothing has worked yet.
This is what printer filters are for. You might try looking at what
exactly your printer does when it receives certain characters. For
example, we have a Printronix printer or two. The change the entire
line to double width when they see a ^H. What the filter does is to
print the line without the underscores and backspaces, emit a CR which
prints the line without advancing the paper, then print a line of
spaces and underscores, this underlining (or emboldening) by overprinting.
Finally, a LF is output to advance the paper.
Since you are running `The Other UNIX', I can't help you with
the precise incantations. Good luck.
Peter Holsberg UUCP: {rutgers!}princeton!mccc!pjh
Technology Division CompuServe: 70240,334
Mercer College GEnie: PJHOLSBERG
Trenton, NJ 08690 Voice: 1-609-586-4800
(Root Boy) Jim Cottrell <rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>
National Bureau of Standards
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