> I have a Panasonic KX-P1123 dot matrix printer that I want to use for basic
> text printing. As a 24-pin printer, it runs faster in native LQ mode and
> prints cleaner than what comes out of the Postscript driver. Right now it
> seems that KDE and CUPS insist on talking to it in Postscript, no matter how
> I configure it. I set up a raw printer in KDE for plain ASCII, and that
> seemed to take, but when I told Konqueror to print a sample ASCII text file
> to "Text Printer," the Panasonic spat out a huge quantity of Postscript
> instead of the three lines of text I had in the file.
> What did I miss? Do I need to send these ASCII jobs to LP0 from the command
> line instead of the GUI?
Yes just divert the data to LPn (n is 0 or 1 or 2) I use:
#!/bin/bash
# /usr/local/bin/praw
# by Ron KA4INM Youvan NOTE: This assumes you are using a printer such as a
## dot matrix that can be fed only a line feed after every line, not a
## carriage return or a carriage return and linefeed, such as M$ printers expect.
filename=$1
OPWD=pwd
if [ -z $filename ] ; then
#clear
echo ' The filename is REQUIRED!!!'
sndcw 'n o f n '
exit 1
else
true
fi
clear
echo
echo
#
if
echo -n 'RAW printing of ' > /dev/lp0
echo -n $PWD"/" > /dev/lp0
echo -n $1 > /dev/lp0
echo -n ' on ' > /dev/lp0
date '+%B %-d %Y ' > /dev/lp0
echo > /dev/lp0
#
dog $1 > /dev/lp0
then
echo -e \\f > /dev/lp0
snd doorslam
else
snd error
fi
# END /usr/local/bin/praw
here I use " /dev/lp0 "
(SND sends a wave file to the sound system from the snd directory)
--
Ron KA4INM
Youvan's corollary: Every action results in
an unwanted side effect.
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