Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-24 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 16:37 -0500, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Tim Waugh wrote: > > It's useful if, say, you have an application that produces PCL3 output > > for your specific printer, and you don't want CUPS to try to work out > > what to do with it in case it gets it wrong. > > lpr >-l< -P pri

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 23 June 2010 22:50, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Sam Sharpe wrote: >> I'm aware of>_<  as an expression of anger, but what emotion is>-l< >> supposed to convey? Angry at the scar down the left side of my face? > > Not an expression. I was attempting to point out the "-l" option (sans > quotes)

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Sam Sharpe wrote: > I'm aware of>_< as an expression of anger, but what emotion is>-l< > supposed to convey? Angry at the scar down the left side of my face? Not an expression. I was attempting to point out the "-l" option (sans quotes) of lpr. Doh. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproje

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Sam Sharpe
On 23 June 2010 22:37, Michael Cronenworth wrote: > Tim Waugh wrote: >> It's useful if, say, you have an application that produces PCL3 output >> for your specific printer, and you don't want CUPS to try to work out >> what to do with it in case it gets it wrong. > > lpr >-l< -P printer_name I'm

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 19:23 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/23/2010 07:13 PM, Tim Waugh wrote: > > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:23 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > > >> What is a raw printer? > >> > > One with no filtering at all. i.e. 'lp -dmy-raw-printer datablob' sends > > the datablob dir

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Tim Waugh wrote: > It's useful if, say, you have an application that produces PCL3 output > for your specific printer, and you don't want CUPS to try to work out > what to do with it in case it gets it wrong. lpr >-l< -P printer_name No need to jump through hoops. -- users mailing list users@lis

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 12:13 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:23 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > > What is a raw printer? > > One with no filtering at all. i.e. 'lp -dmy-raw-printer datablob' sends > the datablob directly to the printer as-is. > > Tim. > */ > I see. Thanks Tim.

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Mikkel
On 06/23/2010 06:23 AM, Ed Greshko wrote: > On 06/23/2010 07:13 PM, Tim Waugh wrote: >> On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:23 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: >> >>> What is a raw printer? >>> >> One with no filtering at all. i.e. 'lp -dmy-raw-printer datablob' sends >> the datablob directly to the print

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/2010 07:34 PM, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 19:23 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> I think it should be pointed out when this is useful. If one has a >> postscript file you'd use this to send it to the printer rather than >> printing the postscript file itself...for example.

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Tim Waugh
On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 19:23 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote: > I think it should be pointed out when this is useful. If one has a > postscript file you'd use this to send it to the printer rather than > printing the postscript file itself...for example. Yes? Not really. More the opposite actually. If

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Ed Greshko
On 06/23/2010 07:13 PM, Tim Waugh wrote: > On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:23 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > >> What is a raw printer? >> > One with no filtering at all. i.e. 'lp -dmy-raw-printer datablob' sends > the datablob directly to the printer as-is. > I think it should be pointed out wh

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-23 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 15:23 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > What is a raw printer? One with no filtering at all. i.e. 'lp -dmy-raw-printer datablob' sends the datablob directly to the printer as-is. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- users mailing lis

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-22 Thread Aaron Konstam
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 10:16 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > I need to add a raw printer. I didn't see this option on F13 system-config- > printer. > What is a raw printer? -- === Diplomacy is to do and say, the nastiest thing in th

Re: Howto add raw printer

2010-06-22 Thread Tim Waugh
On Tue, 2010-06-22 at 10:16 -0400, Neal Becker wrote: > I need to add a raw printer. I didn't see this option on F13 system-config- > printer. Choose 'Generic' as the manufacturer and 'Raw Queue' as the model. Tim. */ signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- user

Howto add raw printer

2010-06-22 Thread Neal Becker
I need to add a raw printer. I didn't see this option on F13 system-config- printer. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_gu