Help: Want to print RAW text with FF at end of job

[Helge Blischke]

matt at hyne.com wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I need some help with CUPS.
> 
> I have recently installed a RH9.0 box running CUPS and I am having a few problems printing text files from our database server.
> 
> We have a number of high speed line printers (EPSON DFX8000s) which we print to from our database.  What I need to do is print to these (LPD) printers in plain text and append a formfeed to the end of each job.
> 
> I have tried the "EPSON" driver and this results in the printer printing the text, but it is small and unreadable (I think it is printing a rastor output).
> 
> I tried the "Text only printer" driver and this just prints the postscript source for any printjob that is sent to the printer (yes - even plain text files).
> 
> Lastly, I tried the RAW print driver and this prints nicely, but I cannot append a FF to the end of the job.
> 
> So, I am stuck - and I cannot roll out this server until it is fixed.  All I want to do is do what I have previously been able to do with a pre-CUPS linux release, print a RAW text file to the printer and end the job with a FF.
> 
> Can anyone please help ?
> 
> Matt
> 
> matt(at)hyne.com

I've a nice little Perl script that could be modified to act as a
replacement
for the CUPS lpd backend. You could easily modify it to append a form
feed to
the data file.

Drop me an e-mail if you are interested.

Helge

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Helge Blischke
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