Printer does not interpret PCL-code but prints it

Volker Stoppe vst at talicom.de
Thu Sep 27 01:25:17 PDT 2007


Hi,

we, I and a customer have problems with his printer. He tries to print  
reports from a database, which include PCL-codes. Unfortunately the  
PCL-codes appear as clear text on the print. If he prints in raw format  
(e.g. lpr -l / lp -d <queue> -o raw), the cr/lf is not interpretet. This  
happens with SuSE 8.2, CUPS ~1.1 and a HP Laserjet 4 Plus. If I print the  
same document with CUPS 1.3 on a Brother HL-5270 DN it just works fine.
Is the old CUPS unable to handle the even older Laserjet? Where could we  
search to solve the problem?

PS: He also postet in another forum:
www.mydatabasesupport.com/forums/informix/248130-using-pcl-commands-new-system.html




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