wardlaw@kaos.UUCP (Johnie Wardlaw) (04/19/91)
I am having some difficulty in getting an HP LaserJet II or HP LaserJet III to print correctly on an IBM RT running AIX v2.2. I have tinkered with the options to /usr/lpd/piobe in /etc/qconfig and with the options available using the "devices" command but none of them will correct the problem I am having with telling the HP LaserJet to force a carriage return after a form feed. This works correctly with our IBM RS/6000 with AIX v3.1 but not on the RT system. I did find the escape sequence the HP LaserJet needs to enable this option but sending it to the printer before calling the piobe backend ejects a blank page each time I print. Fortunately I can send the escape sequence directly to the printer device once and it doesn't get reset unless it is turned off. That is fine for now as a work-around but I would like to take advantage of the special print features of HP LaserJet printers. Is there a public domain backend for HP LaserJet printers available via anonymous ftp? Is there a commercial backend available? Any help, advice, or information would be greatly appreciated. If there is enough interest in this subject, I can also post a summary. Thanks in advance! -- Johnie /----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ | Johnie Wardlaw, Senior Partner/Programmer, Alchemy Software Designs | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Internet | wardlaw@kaos.UUCP | "Wow. It's like you're reading | | UUCP | ...ucsd!ucrmath!kaos!wardlaw | my mind, man!" -- Bart Simpson | \----------------------------------------------------------------------------/