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by **Khile T. Kloc** » Wed, 21 May 1997 04:00:00

Howdy!

Anybody happen to have the correct printcap file settings for
an HP DeskJet 560C under Linux? I can't seem to get it to print
corrctly. Almost looks like a linefeed/CR problem, and changing
the switch setting on the printer doesn't seem to do any good
either.. :-(

Any hints would be appriciated...

Thanx'
Khile Klock

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by **Chris Hudgi** » Wed, 21 May 1997 04:00:00

> Anybody happen to have the correct printcap file settings for
> an HP DeskJet 560C under Linux? I can't seem to get it to print
> corrctly. Almost looks like a linefeed/CR problem, and changing
> the switch setting on the printer doesn't seem to do any good
> either.. :-(

While I'm not a *real* sysadmin (I can only be root at home <g>), I do
have an HP Deskjet 540 printcap file that works for me. I'm using
RedHat 4.1. Here are two versions of the printcap file; the first is
what I'm using right now. The second has been modified with the RedHat
printtool program to convert LFs to CR/LFs. While a 540 and a 560C are
not the same, hopefully these two versions of printcap will help.

Working printcap:

# /etc/printcap
#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.

##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL cdj500 300x300 letter {} DeskJet500 24 {}
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp1:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:

######end of printcap file

The only difference for the LF->CR/LF verision of printcap is the line:

##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL cdj500 300x300 letter {} DeskJet500 24 1

You could also try

man 5 printcap

or get the printtool RPM from RedHat's Web site. Good luck.

Chris Hudgin, Meteorology Graduate Student
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

Web: www.ecas.ou.edu/~chudgin

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