[comp.unix.ultrix] troff ln03plus filtering

ruck@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John Ruckstuhl) (04/06/88)

I am trying to provide troff service to users of a DEC
MicroVax (VAXStation II/GPX), with an ln03plus printer.
We are running ULTRIX 2.2 with which DEC provides troff 
software as an unsupported software subset (ULXBASE022).  
Having loaded this subset, it seems the only printer 
filter provided is that for an ln01.

Here are the symptoms:
1.  % troff -t filename | lpr  
        seems to execute without error, but provides no printer output
2.  % troff -t filename | lpr -n 
        seems to execute without error, but provides no printer output
3.  % troff -t filename | col | lpr
        (soln recommended by DEC Software Support) seems to execute 
        without error, but provides garbage printer output

Questions:
1.  can an ln03plus be made to emulate an ln01
2.  does anyone have an ln03plus filter to share, and the necessary 
      instructions to set it up
3.  is there a way to invoke troff/lpr that I am overlooking that would
      solve my problem?

For reference, following are
1.  % cat /etc/printcap      to show setup of ln03 printer
2.  % ls -R /usr/lib/font    to show font and ln01 files provided


1.  % cat /etc/printcap      to show setup of ln03 printer

# @(#)printcap	3.2	(ULTRIX)	4/13/87
#lp0|lp|0|local line printer:\
#	:lp=/dev/lp:\
#	:of=/usr/lib/lpdfilters/lpf:\
#	:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
#	:lf=/usr/adm/lpd-errs:
lp0|lp|0:\
	:af=/usr/adm/lpacct:\
	:br#9600:\
	:fc#0177777:\
	:fs#03:\
	:lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
	:lp=/dev/ttycp:\
	:of=/usr/lib/lpdfilters/ln03of:\
	:pl#66:\
	:pw#80:\
	:sd=/usr/spool/lpd:


2.  % ls -R /usr/lib/font    to show font and ln01 files provided

./		ftI*		ftbi*		ftgk*		ftsc*
../		ftI.bak*	ftbk*		ftgr*		ftsg*
devln01/	ftL*		ftbr*		fthb*		ftsh*
fontlist*	ftLI*		ftcb*		fthn*		ftsi*
ftB*		ftPA*		ftch*		ftm*		ftsl*
ftBC*		ftPB*		ftch.old*	ftmb*		ftsr*
ftC*		ftPI*		ftci*		ftmi*		fttB*
ftCE*		ftR*		ftcl*		ftmn*		fttI*
ftCI*		ftS*		ftco*		ftmr*		fttR*
ftCK*		ftSB*		ftcr*		ftnb*		fttS*
ftCW*		ftSI*		ftct*		ftni*		fttb*
ftFD*		ftSM*		ftcy*		ftnr*		ftti*
ftG*		ftTB*		ftdb*		ftob*		fttr*
ftGI*		ftTI*		ftdi*		ftoe*		ftts*
ftGM*		ftTR*		ftdr*		ftoi*		ftwp*
ftGR*		ftTS*		ftfx*		ftor*		ftxx*
ftH*		ftUD*		ftgb*		ftpb*
ftHI*		ftap*		ftgf*		ftpp*
ftHM*		ftbb*		ftgi*		ftsb*

devln01:
./		../		halftonel.six	halftonep.six
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