[cups.general] Re: Help: Want to print RAW text with FF at end of job

[Jeremiah Elliott]

could you throw that perl script on a web server somewhere and post a link?
I would kinna like to see it too.
-J


On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 13:58:56 +0200, Helge Blischke
<h.blischke at srz-berlin.de> wrote:
> 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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