How to setup filters with CUSP printing

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Michael Sweet <mike at easysw.com> wrote (Tuesday 18 July 2006 16:13):

> danesh wrote:
>> I wish to resolve a problem whereby the output of my ASCII file is printing as step.
>> 
>> I wish to create a filter using shell script that will allow me to put a carriage return at the end of
>> each line. How would I setup a filter on RedHat Linux AS 4.
> 
> The following simple filter will do the trick:
> 
>      "textonly.sh":
> 
>      #!/bin/sh
>      #
>      # Interface script for printing text to any printer.
>      #
>      # This is a standard System V interface script; the arguments are
>      # as follows:
>      #
>      #     printer job user title copies options filename
>      #
> 
>      # Parse options...
>      copies=$4
> 
>      # Send the print file...
>      copy=1
>      while test $copy -le $copies; do
>              awk '{print $0 "\r"}' < $6
>              echo "\014\c"
> 
>              copy=`expr $copy + 1`
>      done
> 
>      # Done!
>      exit 0
> 
> To use it, run the lpadmin command with the "-i" option:
> 
>      lpadmin -p printername -E -v device-uri -i textonly.sh


Maybe one should add this: "device-uri" in the command above would be 
one of

   parallel:/dev/lp0
   socket://11.12.13.14:9100
   lpd://15.16.17.18/<queuename-as-indicated-in-printer-manual>
   ....
   
(or similar), depending on the way your printer is connected to the 
CUPS server box.