RE: Printcap problem... EPSON almost there


Subject: RE: Printcap problem... EPSON almost there
From: Sean Page (spage@epsb.edmonton.ab.ca)
Date: Thu May 25 2000 - 11:29:42 EDT


Excellent!
How did you get the Epson driver to recognize the printer spool? I tried to
do the same thing, but was unable to get the printer to show up in the
chooser with the Epson AT driver...
I ended up using LaserWriter 8 with ghostscript for PS conversion...

Sean.

> ----------
> From: John Grieg
> Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 8:09 AM
> To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: Printcap problem... EPSON almost there
>
> I have successfylly set up papd.conf with an Epson 3000
>
> File '/etc/netatalk/papd.conf':
>
> Epson \:EpsonLQ2:op=lp:pr=lp:
>
> This works well from the Mac (I had to disable chech printer before
> printing),
> choosing an AT-Stylus (?) ---> Epson in the Chooser.
>
> ( I AM USING EPSONs OWN PRINTER software (NOT A LASERWRITER))
>
>
> and the linux box sends the job (raw data) to the printer.
>
> There is only one problem -- there is too much "linefeed"
> i.e. a red square would print as
>
> red stripe
> white stripe
> red stripe
> white stripe
> red stripe
>
>
>
> Any ideas
>
> grieg.john@hl.telia.no
>
>
>



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