rich@aggie.UUCP (Rich Seligson) (04/06/90)
In article <1990Apr3.174451.9688@pcrat.uucp> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes: >... your line printer >spooler 'interface' (shell script) doesn't have a "raw" or 8 bit transparent >option. We've posted one for the HP's here several times in recent >history. You install this interface in place of whatever you currently >use. Whenever you need to send 8 bit data, you use the -oraw option >to lp. ... I'm using SCO unix and I have a similar but more difficult problem. I can't get 8 bit data to print at all, regardless of whether I'm in vpix or not. I've already modified my spooler interface script with no luck. As a matter of fact, redirecting a file of eight bit data (only) to /dev/lp0 seems to send nothing to the printer. (t.o is a file of 15 ascii 223(decimal) characters) cat t.o > /dev/lp <-- sends nothing to printer date > /dev/lp <-- works fine (sends output of date to printer) Anyone have an idea on this one? Thanks in advance. Rich rich@cyanamid.com ...rutgers.edu!aggie!rich P.S. The original posting was in regard to Interactive Unix, beacuse the subject is similar, I'm following up about SCO Unix.
rickf@pmafire.UUCP (rick furniss) (04/11/90)
SCO Unix3.2 has a bug in thier lp driver that ignores 8 bit data !!! They are aware, as I notified them about 5 months ago , or whenever Unix was released. They are suppose to have a fix for it now, or soon anyway. The fix is called unx162 but wasnt shipping as of last week yet. This is a severe problem for anyone developing software that uses printers! Rick Furniss, Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear. STANDARD DISCLAIMER..............