Adding a FormFeed to an LPR printcap file?

modelt20 at canada.com modelt20 at canada.com
Sun May 29 13:32:45 PDT 2005


Hello:

I think I found the answer. The problem is you don't
want to use the printf command with a hex value, like I
was trying; you want to use the printf "\f" syntax
instead. See man 1 printf.

The last line then becomes:
echo "$first_line" && cat && printf "\f" && exit 0
and now it works just fine.

You guys are great! I could have spent a lot of hours
looking for this simple point!
Thanks!

Harold. 

>Hello:

>Thank you for your reply. My if filter follows:
>#!/bin/sh
>#
># kx-p1124 - Print Ghostscript-simulated Postscript on
>a Panasonic KX-P1124
># installed in /usr/local/bin/kx-p1124
>
>#
>
># Read first two characters of the file
>#
>IFS="" read -r first_line
>first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
>
>if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
>	#
>	# It is Postscript; use Ghostscript to scan-convert
>and print it.
>	#
>	/usr/local/bin/gs -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=lj \
>	-sOutputFile=- - && exit 0
>else
>	#
>	# Plain text or HP/PCL, so just print it directly;
>print a form feed
>	# at the end to eject the last page.
>	#
>	echo "$first_line" && cat && exit 0
>fi
>
>exit 2
>
>As you can see, there is nothing special about this. >I
am suspecting I need to add a printf "0x0c" between the
>last && cat and the && exit 0 just before the fi.

>Thanks in advance for your help.

>Harold.

>On Sat, 28 May 2005 18:47:41 -0600 (MDT), Warren Block
wrote:

> 
> On Fri, 27 May 2005 modelt20 at canada.com wrote:
> 
> > Could someone suggest a way to add a form feed to
the
> > end of a print document in LPR? I have a printer
that
> > doesn't eject the last page when the print job is
> > finished; and I can't seem to find this in the
manual.
> >
> > My guess is I need to add it to my printer filter,
but
> > its not clear to me what I need to add.
> 
> What printer filter do you have now?
> 
> -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA


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