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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

lp

LP(1)							      General Commands Manual							     LP(1)

NAME

       lp, lpd - copy a file to the line printer

SYNOPSIS

       lp [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Each file argument to lp is send to the line printer to be printed.  Standard input is read and printed if there are no arguments.  Lp exe-
       cutes /usr/lib/lpd with each file as input.  Lpd puts the file in /usr/spool/lpd and starts printing the jobs on /dev/lp unless another lpd
       is  already  running.   If  lpd finds any character in the input that it doesn't know how to handle then it will print the rest of the file
       without any special treatment.  This also means that no formfeed is sent after the file has been printed to force out the page.	Lpd simply
       assumes that you know what you are doing.  (dumb, eh?)

       Note:  Don't do anything with a file until it is printed, lpd only makes a copy of a file in the spool directory when it is not world read-
       able.  If it can be read then it is printed directly.

FILES

       /usr/spool/lpd/jobXXXXX
			   Information about a job.

       /usr/spool/lpd/tmpXXXXX
			   Associated file to be printed.

       /etc/termcap	   The 'lp' entry describes the printer by the "li#" and "co#" fields.	By  default  66  lines	(li#66),  and  80  columns
			   (co#80).

SEE ALSO

       lp(4), termcap(5), termcap(7).

BUGS

       Not spooling a world readable file may not be such a smart idea.

       A formfeed should be printed and the printer reset after a job full of escape codes, but this may cost paper.

       No banner page.

AUTHOR

       Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)

																	     LP(1)
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