cannot print file with escape sequences

[Helge Blischke]

CUPS is fooled about the file as the sequence "^[&" at the very
beginning of the file
is treated as one of the conditions that indicate an HPGL file (CUPS
implements
a filter to convert HPGL to PostScript).

In general, CUPS seems not to be designed to handle PCLn  as a valid
document format.

Helge


colindaly at hotmail.com wrote:
> 
> Helge,
> When I use the "-o document-format=text/plain" option, the document prints, but it does not interpret the PCL string at the start of the file (I suppose this is expected behaviour).
> 
> The the file prints the PCL string: -
> d0D .... d@ on the first line. I believe this is PCL code for automatic underline (when I do a vi on the file, i see that the full string is "^[&d0D BERNAFS    01/07/04 07:46 ^[&d@".
> 
> When I configure the printer to use the "RAW" driver, the underline succeeds but the rest of the document format is lost (including landscape option).
> 
> I don't know why the cups uses the HPGL driver.
> 
> Rgds,
> Colin
> 
> Helge Blischke wrote:
> > Try to add "-o document-format=text/plain" to the options of the
> > lp command (without the quotes) and see what happens then. You error
> > log inidcates that the file to be printed is interpreted as HPGL, but
> > you say it is a text file ...
> >
> > Helge

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