Printing filePro with printer directly attachedto FreeBSDserver.

[Chad McWilliams]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Walter Vaughan
> Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2005 7:56 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: Re: Printing filePro with printer directly 
> attachedto FreeBSDserver.
> 
> 
> Chad McWilliams wrote:
> > I'm curious as to what problems you've run into in the above 
> > situation.  I am currently printing from a Windows XP 
> system to a HP 
> > DeskJet 832C attached to my FreeBSD 5.3 box running Samba 
> 3.0.X with 
> > the stock lpd.  I have had no problems (other than the throttling 
> > issue discussed earlier).  I simply added the printer to 
> the printcap, 
> > refreshed Samba and that's was it.
> 
> That's what I *would* have expected when I started. Evidently 
> their must be 
> something different with a HP Laserjet with built in 
> Postscript in the way it 
> handles ascii text verses how it automatically worked with 
> your HP DeskJet.
> 
> I just wanted to document it here for later retrieval for 
> anyone else (or me in 
> a few years!) seeing "stairstep" output from filePro on their 
> LaserJet.
> 
> Not that it should make a hill of beans, I also am doing this 
> on FreeBSD 5.4-RC3 
> (which should be identical to 5.4-RELEASE when it's released).
> 
> --
> Walter

Hmmmm.... If stair stepped output is the only problem you are having (from
your message that's the only I saw mentioned, so you may have others), why
not just use specify an output filter that will add the carriage returns?

If I'm missing something, sorry. I'm just was curious about your problems
seeing as I will be replacing several SCO and Linux servers with FreeBSD,
and will be doing the same things you are talking about.  I've had no
problems at home with the setup, but it is not as complicated a network when
compared to work.

-Chad