Printing with lpd

[Martin Schweizer]

Hello Konrad

Am Mon, Aug 04, 2008 at 08:06:18AM +0200 Konrad Heuer schrieb:

> >I'm playing around with lpd. My setup: a FreeBSD 7.0 server and a attached 
> >HP LaserJet 2840N (connected via ethernet), my
> >/etc/printcap:
> >hplj2840|lp|Hewlett Packard LaserJet 2840C:\
> >       :sh:\
> >       :lp=:rm=hplj2840:rp=raw:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj2840:\
> >       :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
> >       :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple:
> >
> >and if-simple:
> >/usr/local/bin/recode latin1..ibmpc
> >
> >The prints are ok so fare (incl. the german umlauts). If I print text 
> >mails out from mutt the seems ok too. But if the
> >mails has some incorrect wrapped lines (> 72 caracters) the lines are not 
> >wrapped on the output.  What do I worng here?
> 
> I'd add something like
> 
>   /usr/bin/fold -s -w 80 | /usr/local/bin/recode latin1..ibmpc
> 
> to the filter script. I don't know whether there's an internal printer 
> setting for wrapping long lines.

Works like a charm! I did set the option -w to 78 so the printer did not print 
over the border. Thank you for the hint.

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