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>On Tue, 5 Nov 1996, Jon Lewis wrote:
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>> On Mon, 4 Nov 1996, Liquid Insanity wrote:
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>> > I have a HP 660C printer and i cant get it to work with lpr. I have tried
>> > editing everything in printcap etc.. I know someone has gotten a 600 or
>> > 660 to work w/ linux and its prolly been asked before so dont flame me..
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>> > When i run lpr file or whatever sometimes it spits out like lots of paper
>> > and prints like :
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>> > This isnt working well at
>> > all for some reason.. Then lots of space.
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>> Must be a bug in the lp.o module. :)
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>> Try asking again in comp.os.linux.hardware and comp.os.linux.setup.
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>Try
>todos <file | lpr
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>HP printers need DOS-like CRLF.
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>Christian
You should check the printer manual too. My printer (a Cannon BJ-200ex)
has a dip switch to control this behavior. I don't know about the HP, but
it's worth a try. I've also seen somewhere a way to add a filter to
/etc/printcap, but can't remember where. :(
Ian