CUPS and

[Kurt Pfeifle]

Ryan Hobbs <hobbzilla at hobbzilla.com> wrote (Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:50):

> I am looking for a way to move out from under the LPRng package. I don't
> know a whole lot about it, other than people stay away from it and the
> linux printing how-to does not recommend using it. We are currently using
> special printer control commands using the Z Control File entry that
> passes to the ifhp filter. Mainly (and I believe *ONLY*) we use this for
> is printing text in a condensed format were the pitch has been altered
> from the default.
> 
> I.e. normal print command would be:  lpr -Phplj4
> while the condensed would be: lpr -Phplj4 -Zpitch=16.66
> 
> Can someone answer me if CUPS can support this? Out of the box, by
> creating a new filter, etc. etc.

CUPS supports things like

   lpr -Phplj4 -o cpi=12.34 -o lpi=8.9 /path/to/text.txt

(where cpi "characters per inch" and lpi "lines per inch"). You 
should be able to find the settings that match your needs easily.

Cheers,
Kurt