[lug] Help in setting print parameters

[D. Stimits]

Ernie Stiltner wrote:
> 
>                                                 April 13, 2001
> 
> How do I get a transparent or direct binary write - no editing, no
> translations, no character substitutions - to a printer? The system insists a
> laserjet4l is really something else and gives me escape sequences translated
> into the \something graphics.
> 
> So the usual approach - embed control codes in a print string - gets messed
> up.
> 
> Any suggestions? Or where can I get some detailed info on this?

This may be a bad idea, but have you tried to cat your file directly to
/dev/lp0 (or whichever device is your printer character-special-file
device)?

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

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