[CentOS] Raw print queues in CentOS 4.4

Cameron Showalter cameron at gwschool.com
Mon Jan 22 19:30:34 UTC 2007


Kanwar Ranbir Sandhu wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have a raw print queue configured in CentOS 4.4 for a printer
> connected to a Windows PC.  The printer doesn't have a Linux driver of
> any sort, so this was the only way to print to it.
>
> The printer is an Okidata dot matrix printer.  Users can print to it
> from a console application, but if they try printing to it from OOo
> Writer, the printer spits out reams of pages with what looks like
> postscript code.  The very first page has a line that says "%!
> PS-Adobe-3.0".
>
> Even though the print queue is configured as "raw", why are OOo Writer
> print jobs still sent as postscript documents?  I'm don't know too much
> about printing, postscript, etc., so I don't know if this is normal or
> if something broke.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ranbir
>   
what type of okidata line printer and how is it connected to the
network?    there are some generic dot matrix drivers for linux out
there that may work for you, and depending on your model some model
specific linux drivers at okidata.com.



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