grandi@noao.arpa (Steve Grandi) (08/29/87)
How does one set up a proper /etc/printcap for an Apple Laserwriter on a
4.3BSD system? I want to run TeX output and ditroff output generated by
Pipeline's devps.
I'm not running Adobe Transcript on the 4.3BSD VAX, but I've cribbed the
printcap entry from a Sun which is, and the entry is as follows:
lp2|lw2:\
:lp=/dev/lw:\
:br#9600:rw:fc#0000374:fs#0000003:xc#0:xs#0040040:mx#0:sf:sb:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lw2:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lw2/lw-log:
According to my reading of tty(4), the mode bits set CBREAK and TANDEM and
LDECCTQ and LLITOUT.
I can tip to /dev/lw and converse with the laser printer, and I can
"cat file.ps > /dev/lw" and get nice clean output. Yet if I
"lpr -Plw2 file.ps", strange things happen. The Laserwriter's yellow
light blinks for the appropriate amount of time and I can see lights moving
around down inside the cover release cutout; but no pages are printed.
Any ideas? Any working printcaps?
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Internet: grandi@noao.arizona.edu SPAN/HEPNET: 5356::GRANDI or DRACO::GRANDIroy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (08/29/87)
In article <643@noao.UUCP> grandi@noao.arpa (Steve Grandi) writes: > How does one set up a proper /etc/printcap for an Apple Laserwriter on a > 4.3BSD system? Here's what we've been using for the past couple of years. This works fine for us using Adobe's pscomm (part of the transcript package) to do the low-level communication with the printer. We've used essentially the same printcap entry on 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, Sun-3.0 and Sun-3.2 systems. # Apple LaserWriter in room 1074 laser10|laser|postscript|PostScript:\ :lp=/dev/laser:br#9600:\ :fs#0000003:fc#0000374:\ :xs#0040040:xc#0000000:\ :pl#66:pw#80:\ :mx#0:\ :rw:sf:sb:\ :sd=/usr/spool/laser10:\ :af=/usr/adm/lpd/laser10.acct:lf=/usr/spool/laser10/laser-log:\ :if=/usr/lib/ps/psif:\ :of=/usr/lib/ps/psof:gf=/usr/lib/ps/psgf:\ :nf=/usr/lib/ps/psnf:tf=/usr/lib/ps/pstf:\ :rf=/usr/lib/ps/psrf:vf=/usr/lib/ps/psvf:\ :cf=/usr/lib/ps/pscf:df=/usr/lib/ps/psdf: -- Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
hls@oce-rd1.UUCP (09/01/87)
In article <643@noao.UUCP> grandi@noao.arpa (Steve Grandi) writes: > >How does one set up a proper /etc/printcap for an Apple Laserwriter on a >4.3BSD system? I want to run TeX output and ditroff output generated by >Pipeline's devps. >I can tip to /dev/lw and converse with the laser printer, and I can >"cat file.ps > /dev/lw" and get nice clean output. Yet if I >"lpr -Plw2 file.ps", strange things happen. The Laserwriter's yellow >light blinks for the appropriate amount of time and I can see lights moving >around down inside the cover release cutout; but no pages are printed. > >Any ideas? Any working printcaps? We use the following printcap-entry for the Apple LaserWriter: lw|laserwriter:\ :lp=/dev/ttye2:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/lwd:\ :br#9600:fs#06320:fc#040:pl#66:pw#96:\ :lf=/usr/adm/lwd-errs:af=/usr/adm/lwd-acct:\ :mx#0:sh:\ :if=/usr/local/lib/print/nroff:nf=/usr/local/lib/print/ditroff: Important: NO RAW MODE !!!!! Furthermore you could use the following filters: ==== ditroff ===== #! /bin/csh echo "" cat - | devps -r echo "" ================== ==== nroff ======= #! /bin/csh echo "" cat - | printer | reverse echo "" ================== Harry Schreurs /* * This note does not necessarily represent the position * of Oce-Nederland B.V. Therefore no liability or * responsibility for whatever will be accepted. */