[CentOS] Printing problem with CUPS and lp/lpr
Tony Schreiner
schreian at bc.edu
Wed Aug 9 14:04:22 UTC 2006
On Aug 8, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Alfred von Campe wrote:
> I know that printing on Linux is somewhat of an art form, but I
> have a fairly simple problem. I used the following command to
> configure a networked printer (HP LaserJet 8150):
>
> lpadmin -p name -E -v socket://name -m laserjet.ppd -u allow:all -
> u deny:none
>
> This added and enabled the printer, and I can print to it using the
> print command from within a GUI application and PostScript
> utilities like enscript. However, printing simple text files from
> the command line using lpr or lp produces undesirable output that
> looks like this:
>
> Line 1
> Line 2
> Line 3
>
> It seems rather obvious that the printer is expecting carriage
> returns and not getting any. What is the "right" way to fix this
> using CUPS, which "owns" the /etc/printcap file. I can't be the
> first one to run into this issue...
>
> Thanks,
> Alfred
I would use printconf instead of lpadmin. It sets up all the
necessary filters.
Tony
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