06-04-2002
Re: Printing Problems in unix ... ( Bar-cdoe - Ip
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Originally posted by QuickSilver
first of all , i wanna thank u 4 ur time !
I didnt get few things , how can i send a printing job from my unix system directly to the HP JetDirect Ip ??? my problem is to send a printing job to an Ip Address ... tell me what to do and i'll try it on my machine ...
`man lpr`
This should document everything that you need to know...
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Can u tell me some more about the configuring lpd printing on a NT Box, IIRC ?
Using Google, I was able to quickly find these two resources:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q301201
http://www.technocopia.com/read-1999...rintlinux.html
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Barcode issue ... :
can u tell me what should i do to check if my machine supports TrueType fonts ?
What OS are you using? I am familiar with the XFS under XFree86.
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is there are any diffrences between barcode ? let my put it other way , is there are any diffrent types of barcode ?
tell u the truth , i'm doing some experiment on unix and dont have any budget to buy fonts ... can u send me some free fonts or gimme some like where i can d/l some of them ?
10X again !!!
There are a bunch of different types of barcodes for many different types of application. To learn more about barcodes/fonts/applications I suggest a Google search.
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HPSET(1) LOCAL HPSET(1)
NAME
hpset -- printer commands
SYNOPSIS
hpset [-hco] [commands ...]
DESCRIPTION
hpset is used to send commands to a printer. These commands are synonyms for ESC Codes based on the PCL standard from Hewlet Packard.
Options
-c redirect output to stdout
-oname redirect output into the specified file or device redirect
-h prints a help message
Commands
back Puts every setting back to the printer defaults.
test Starts the self test.
out If paper is inside the printer it will be thrown out.
cr activates the linefeed
lbon acivates the linebreak.
leftright
forces the printer to print only from left to right.
rightleft
forces the printer to print only from right to left.
bidirect
forces the printer in both ways.
execoff
The following commands are not executed but printed.
execon The following commands are executed.
nice High quality printing.
econo Enables fast and economic printing.
landscape
Printing in landscape format.
portrait
Printing in portrait format.
lpinum Sets the lines per inch. For num use 6 or 8.
The following commands must be sent in the given order and sequence. The sequence looks like,
hpset [characterset] [characterdistance] [character density]
[point size] [type position] [line strength] [type]
-Characterset
english ISO 4
ansi ANSI ASCII ISO 6
sweden ISO 10
italian ISO 15
spain ISO 17
german ISO 21
france ISO 69
-Characterdistance
prop Proportional
fix Fixed
If you've chosen proportional you don't have to set the character density.
-Characterdensity
cpi# # is one of 5,6,10,12,16,16.67,20,24
-Pointsize
point# # is one of 4.75,5,6,7,8,9.5,10,12,14,19,24
-Typeposition
italic
upright
-Linestrength
bold
normal
-Type
courier
times
gothic
univers
Notice that not every combination of the commands above is possible. Refer
to the manual of HPSET where you can find a table with allowed combinations.
SEE ALSO
lpr(1), lpd(1),
BUGS
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