> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (joost witteveen) > Subject: Re: lpr does not work > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TING Ching-Hua) > Date sent: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 21:40:52 +0100 (CET) > Copies to: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> > Hi, > > > > Papers came with mis-aligned but correct content printing if > > documents were sent from Xterm. > > > > Papers came without printing if an application did the printing. > > > > The system used is: > > > > HP LaserJet IIP > > Pentium II > > Debian 1.3.1 > > What kind of documents do you want to print? just plain text, > postscript, or something else? If you want to print postscript, > do you use "magicfilter"? I tested plain text files only. > It's strange that something prints "from xterm" (I take it you mean > that you manually issued the "lpr file" command), and don't print > from an application, as the application usually also just executes > "lpr file". Only, mostly the application tries to print postscript > files, and maybe some script tries to convert that to LJ-IIP language. > (using magicfilter, gs, whatever). That could go wrong. > > Also, what's "mis-aligned"? > do you mean that the text > looks like this > (the well known > staircase effect)? Yes, the mis-alihenment looks like the above. > > -- > joost witteveen, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ching-Hua Ting Department of Automatic Control Intercom: 22362, 22363, 25611 and Systems Engineering In UK: (0114) 22+"intercom" The University of Sheffield Int'l: +44-114-22+"intercom" United Kingdom S1 3JD Fax: +44-114-2731729 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
