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LPD and sophisticated documents
Hi all,

I am using Solaris 8 and have several printers (HP lasers or inkjets) connected behind PCs, printing thus being controlled by LPD.
All I can print is ASCII, not very keen, no images, no boxes etc.
Is there any thread (I assure, I have been searching!) or discussion explaning how to set up printers to be capable of printing more sophisticated docs?
It seems (?) that LPD is taking the document as it comes but I have also a labelprinter (Zebra) accepting its own control language and capable of printing barcodes etc. and connected in the same way.

Thanks in advance! Smilie

Peter
 
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conv_lpd

conv_lpd(1M)						  System Administration Commands					      conv_lpd(1M)

NAME

       conv_lpd - convert LPD configuration

SYNOPSIS

       conv_lpd [-c printers | -c printcap]  [-n] file

DESCRIPTION

       conv_lpd  converts   LPD  printer  configuration information from  file to a printers.conf or a	printcap file (see printers.conf(4)). file
       specifies the name of the input file, and can be either in printers.conf or  printcap format. If  file is in  printers.conf format, it con-
       verts it to a printcap file. If	file is in  printcap format, it converts it to a printers.conf file.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -c printers | -c printcap       Specifies the type of output file produced by the conversion. -c printers converts to a printers.conf file.
				       -c printcap converts to a printcap file. -c printers is the default.

       -n			       Preserves the namelist during the conversion.

OPERANDS

       The following operands are supported:

       file	The file to be converted.

EXAMPLES

       Example 1: Converting a printcap file to a  printers.conf file.

       The following example converts a  printcap file to a  printers.conf file.

       example% conv_lpd /etc/printcap

       Example 2: Converting a	printcap file to a printers.conf file and preserving the namelist.

       The following example converts a  printcap file to a printers.conf file and preserves the namelist.

       example% conv_lpd -c printers -n /etc/printcap

       Example 3: Converting a	printers.conf file to a  printcap file and preserving the namelist.

       The following example converts a  printers.conf file to a  printcap file and preserves the namelist.

       example% conv_lpd -c printcap -n /etc/printers.conf

EXIT STATUS

       The following exit values are returned:

       0	       Successful completion.

       non-zero        An error occurred.

FILES

       /etc/printers.conf      System printer configuration database.

       /etc/printcap	       SunOS 4.x printer capability database.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWpcu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       lpset(1M), printers.conf(4), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.10							    9 Sep 1996							      conv_lpd(1M)