Very Computer

I'm running OpenServer 5.0.5
Lexmark Optra S 1625 N (100B/t ethernet)

Thanks

Everett Southwick

1.  Use  "scoadmin printer" to install an ordinary printer with an output
device of /dev/null.

2.  Add your printer to /etc/hosts

3.  Add a file called  "/etc/printers" that looks like this:

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1.  Use  "scoadmin printer" to install an ordinary printer with an output
device of /dev/null.  In the following example, the printer name is
"milan22".

2.  Add your printer host_name to /etc/hosts
        milan22 192.168.0.22

3.  Add a file called  "/etc/printers" that looks like this:
        milan22: milan22: 2000
in for form:
        printer_name: host_name: port_number
The ":" are necessary.
Try port 515 for your Lexmark.  Check the docs and see if it support any
other port numbers.  HP is 9100 -> 9102.  Milan is 2000 -> 2002.

4.  Overscribble the spooler script in:
        /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/milan
with the following script.  The \033E is HP PCL for reset and may need to
be changed for Lexmark.  If a reset doesn't work, try just a form feed.

============= cut here =============    
PATH="/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/lib:/u/bin"
export PATH

printer=`basename $0`
request=$1
name=$2
title=$3
copies=$4
options=$5
shift; shift; shift; shift; shift

# Look for HOST and Port address
PRTSETUP=`grep "^$printer:" /etc/printers`
if [ $? = 0 ]
then
PRTHOST=`echo $PRTSETUP|awk -F: '{ print $2 }'`
PRTPORT=`echo $PRTSETUP|awk -F: '{ print $3 }'`
else
 exit 1
fi

(
files="$*"
i=1
copies=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
        for file in $files
        do
           cat $file | /usr/lib/lponlcr
           echo "\033E\c"  # may need change for Lexmark
        done
        i=`expr $i + 1`
done
)|netcat -h $PRTHOST -p $PRTPORT
============= cut here =============    

5.  Download the binary or compile the source to netcat:
        http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl/sco/lp/
and install the executeable somewhere on the $PATH.

6.  Try printing normally.  The above mess is what I use.  My thanks to
Gary Quiring for working out the details and to Kevin Smith for the netcat
program.

7.  You can probably replace the netcat in the last line of the script with
ftp and tweak the name and port parameter passing to work with ftp instead
of netcat.  I haven't tried it (yet).

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Jeff Liebermann  150 Felker St #D  Santa Cruz CA 95060
(831)421-6491 pgr (831)426-1240 fax (831)336-2558 home
http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl   WB6SSY

However, I screwed up.  Both binaries (netcat.coff and netcat.elf) are COFF
binaries.  One is stripped, the other is not.  I just tested both on my
3.2v5.0.5 machine and they both work just fine.  I'll post an ELF binary as
soon I can figure out why my GCC can't find stdio (Duh...).

Also, see:
        http://www.premiervet.com/tom/netcat.html
for some more on netcat printing.

--
Jeff Liebermann  150 Felker St #D  Santa Cruz CA 95060
(831)421-6491 pgr (831)426-1240 fax (831)336-2558 home
http://www.cruzio.com/~jeffl   WB6SSY