Very Computer

All,

    I was able to connect to a Windows 2000 printer, but I get the wrong
characters when printing italics and other special formatting. Here is what
I have. What applied / unapplied filter is causing this?

Thanks,
Tom

Specify a networked printer
# lpsystem -t bsd servername
(example: lpsystem -t bsd winlaser
Register the server with the client lp service
# lpadmin -p printername -s servername
(example: lpadmin -p winlaser -s winserver
Set the PostScript filters
# cd /etc/lp/fd
# lpfilter -f download -F download.fd
# lpfilter -f dpost -F dpost.fd
# lpfilter -f postio -F postio.fd
# lpfilter -f postior -F postior.fd
# lpfilter -f postprint -F postprint.fd
# lpfilter -f postreverse -F postreverse.fd
Set the printer as default (if desired)
# lpadmin -d printername
Verify the printer is online and registered
# lpstat -t
Print to printer
# lp -d printername filename

What format is the file that you're printing?  Text?  Postscript?  PCL?

Are you selecting the italics and other formatting with command-line
options to the lp command?  Some other method (e.g. doing it in a
word processor application)?

  -Greg
--

I have a map of the United States that's actual size
                 -- Steven Wright

I was doing something like this

man filesystem > lp

Tom

Technical thug, administrative fascist, maniac, or idiot?
You make the call...

Actually, I don't really think that any of them fit.
It's just an excuse to remind everyone of
http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/know.your.sysadmin.html .

  - Logan
--
"In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive,
 we must first lose hope in everything that deceives."

                                          Georges Bernanos

That means the man page utilities are going to format the output
so it's correct for your terminal, but not for your printer.

Your terminal uses different command sequences than your printer
to control the layout on the screen, select underlining, bold,
and so on.

If your printer supports Postscript, then the command that's
more likely to work is:

  If your shell is sh, bash, or ksh:

    TCAT=/usr/lib/lp/postscript/dpost  man -t filesystem  |  lp

  If your shell is csh or tcsh:

    env TCAT=/usr/lib/lp/postscript/dpost  man -t filesystem  |  lp    

If your printer doesn't support Postscript, then you'll need to find
a utility that converts directly from the man page format (troff or
SGML) to the printer's format.  Perhaps Ghostscript.

  -Greg
--

I have a map of the United States that's actual size
                 -- Steven Wright