geller@NEURON.UMDNJ.EDU ("Herbert M. Geller") (03/24/91)
I have just connected an Epson printer, which has worked very well attached to PC's, to my PI. I enabled the printer as a generic printer connected to the parallel port. When I issue an lp request, the printer never returns to the left margin, but ends up printing at the right of the platen (since I am using 8.5" paper). Can anyone recommend a solution, since the manuals seem to be devoid of information on parallel printers.
olson@anchor.esd.sgi.com (Dave Olson) (03/25/91)
In <9103231212.aa05666@neuron.umdnj.edu> geller@NEURON.UMDNJ.EDU ("Herbert M. Geller") writes: | I have just connected an Epson printer, which has worked very | well attached to PC's, to my PI. I enabled the printer as a | generic printer connected to the parallel port. When I issue | an lp request, the printer never returns to the left margin, | but ends up printing at the right of the platen (since I am | using 8.5" paper). Can anyone recommend a solution, since | the manuals seem to be devoid of information on parallel printers. You need to either change the settings on the printer to do a CR everytime a LF is seen, or customize the interface script to append a CR every time a LF is seen. This assumes you are doing normal text output; if it is graphics of some kind, you probably need a more complicated filter program. -- Dave Olson Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.