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Operating Systems HP-UX Setting printer paper length using unix commands Post 302582713 by Kar1234 on Sunday 18th of December 2011 02:41:46 AM
Old 12-18-2011
Setting printer paper length using unix commands
Hi Guys,
I have been trying to resolve a printing problem but nothing works out .
I have an Epson LQ 680 (dot matrix printer) . I need to print a file . The paper length should be 34 .Left margin should be 5. I have tried the following things after researching from the man pages.

Code:
pr -t -l34 -o5 fileName | lp
lp -dprintername -olength=34 -onopagebreak fileName

But in both these cases i get a problem where in the first page is printed properly but the second page and pages after spits out blank lines and it doesn't obey the page length .
My other case was
Code:
pr -F -o5 fileName | lp

where form feed characters are read properly amd aligned but the printer takes default length of paper size as 66. I need to override this paper length settings through shell script whenever i print.
Since other applications use the same printer i can't set the page size in the server .

I am using HP - UX , Bourne Shell.

I heard that we can echo the printer settings in unix.I have the printer codes in Hexa decimal values. (\x1B\x43\x21)

Have tried using
Code:
echo $
echo ""

But nothing is working.I am a newBee to Unix .

Any help on how to echo the printer page length dynamically using any unix commands .

---------- Post updated 12-18-11 at 11:41 AM ---------- Previous update was 12-17-11 at 09:53 PM ----------

Has anyone faced this issue Guys .Please let me know if so.. Thanks
Last edited by Scott; 12-27-2011 at 12:51 PM.. Reason: Removed pointless poll
 

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LEARN ABOUT MINIX

pbmpage

pbmpage(1)                                                    General Commands Manual                                                   pbmpage(1)

NAME

       pbmpage - create a one page test pattern for printing

SYNOPSIS

       pbmpage [-a4] test_pattern

DESCRIPTION

       pbmpage  generates a one page test pattern to print on a sheet of paper, for use in calibrating a printer.  The test pattern in is PBM for-
       mat.

       pbmpage produces an image intended for 600 dots per inch printer resolution.

       If you are printing on an HP PPA printer, you can convert the output of this program to a stream that you can feed to the printer with pbm-
       toppa.

       Bear  in  mind  that  when you print the test pattern, you are testing not only the printer, but any converter or driver software along the
       printing path.  Any one of these components may adjust margins, crop the image, erase edges, and such.

       If, due to addition of margins, the printer refuses to print the image because it is too big, use pnmcut to cut the right and bottom  edges
       off the test pattern until it is small enough to print.

       test_pattern is the number of the test pattern to generate, as follows.  The default is 1.

       1      A grid ruled in numbers of pixels.  The outermost rules are exactly at the edges of the paper.

       2      A vertical line segment, one pixel wide, extending 1/2" up from the exact center of the page.

       3      Two  diagonal line segments, one starting at the upper left corner of the page, the other starting from the lower left corner of the
              page.  Both extend 1/2" toward the center of the page at 45 degrees.

OPTIONS

       -a4    Generate an image for A4 (European) paper.  Without this option, pbmpage generates an image for US standard paper (8 1/2" wide x 11"
              high).

SEE ALSO

       pbmtoppa(1), pnmcut(1), pbm(5)

AUTHOR

       Tim Norman.  Copyright (C) 1998.  Licensed under GNU Public License

       Manual page by Bryan Henderson, May 2000.

                                                                    01 May 2000                                                         pbmpage(1)
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