[ale] Printing Suggestions

[Robert L. Harris]

I thought of this, but it's not stair stepping.  The text goes right off
the edge and into a blackhole never to be seen again.  Possibly with M$'s
morals I think.


Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):

> Look for a setting in printer configuration that looks kinda like
> 
> "nlcr" or "crnl"  
> 
> You can also look for something that says
> 
> "fix stair stepping text"
> 
> Chris
> 
> > 
> > 
> > any suggestions how?  Converting on the unix side is probably the 
> easiest
> > for now.
> > 
> > Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):
> > 
> > > 
> > > Unix is sending a new line to the printer.  You need to tell the 
> printer
> > > to convert a new line to a carriage return + newline or tell unix to
> > > sed a carriage return + newline when it encounters a new line.
> > > 
> > > Chris
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > At the office we have an HP Laserjet 8100L.  I'm used to 
> apsfilter 
> > > which
> > > > has worked great in the past.  I'm trying to print to this booger 
> > > using
> > > > standard lpr.  When I "lpr test.txt" it looks nice, except for 
> lines 
> > > that
> > > > go off the edge, they just disappear, no line wrap or anything.  
> When
> > > > I have to print reports I don't want to go in and manually clean 
> up
> > > > the text since I just want to scan down it or have for personal 
> > > reference
> > > > in a meeting.  
> > > > 
> > > > I've tried using the "raw" and "auto" interfaces.  Also tried 
> diffent
> > > > drives, but it seems none of them work.
> > > > 
> > > > Cups doesn't appear to have a valid version for Debian right now, 
> is 
> > > it
> > > > worth converting an RPM and configuring?  Is there anything 
> better?
> > > > 
> > > > :wq!
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> > > -----
> > > > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
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> > > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > > FYI:
> > > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct
> > > (115),10);'
> > > > 
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> > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
> >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> >                                 \_       that important!
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct
> (115),10);'
> > 
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:wq!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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