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HP Jetdirect Print
Servers - Fixing Stair-Stepping in UNIX(R) Print Jobs

ISSUE: Printing stair-steps off of the page when
UNIX(R) ASCII files are sent to a printer with an HP
Jetdirect.

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information and software solutions.
http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/support_doc/bpj06765.html

SOLUTION: If printing is
done through an LPD queue, rather than a queue created by HP
Jetadmin (obsolete) or Jetdirect Printer Installer for UNIX,
configure the queue using the remote printer name "text." This
usually requires creating a printcap file where the: rp= line is
:rp=text:\. The remote printer name "text" appends a carriage
return and line feed to the queue.

On some printers you may be able to
append a carriage return to line feeds via the front panel. When
you assign the printer default through the front panel you won't
have to edit the printcap file. To see if your printer has
this function try the following:

From the printer's front
control panel, press the MENU button until Printing
Menu appears.

Press the ITEM
button until APPEND CR TO LF appears.

Press the SELECT
button for an asterisk to appear on the display.

Press the GO
button.

For other printers, follow the steps
below.

Configuring text-only print queues for
BSD-based systems

Edit the /ETC/PRINTCAP file to
include the following entries (for more information on printcap, see
the printcap man page):
printer_name|short_printer_name:\
:lp=:\
:rm=node_name:\
:rp=text:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/error_log_filename:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/printer_name:

Where "printer_name"
identifies the printer to the user, "node_name" identifies the
printer on the network, and "short_printer_name" is the print queue
designation.

NOTE: To access
the three ports on an HP Jetdirect EX Plus3 or 500X external print
server, choose the appropriate queue name:
Port 1 =
text1
Port 2 = text2
Port 3 = text3

Configuring text print queues using
SAM (HP-UX SYSTEMS)

Start the SAM utility as a
superuser.

Click Peripheral
Devices from the main menu.

Click Printers/Plotters
from the Peripheral Devices menu.

Click Printers/Plotters
from the Printers/Plotters menu.

Click Add a Remote
Printer from the Actions list; then, select a printer
name. For example: my_printer or printer1

Click remote system
name. For example: Jetdirect1 (node name of the HP Jetdirect
print server)

Click remote printer
name. Enter "text" if you are printing ASCII files.

Check for a remote printer on
a BSD system. Type Y.

Click OK at the bottom
of the menu. If the configuration is successful, the program
displays the message:
"The printer has been added and is ready
to accept print requests."

Click OK and then
click Exit from the List menu.

Click Exit
Sam.

NOTE: If an
administration tool (like SAM on HP UNIX) is used to configure an
LPD print queue, the printer on that remote machine must be
designated as "text" when ASCII files are printed.

HP-UX Release 10.20 and
later and HP-UX Release 11.00
and later (in both 32 and 64-bit
configurations) on all
HP 9000 computers are Open Group
UNIX
95 branded products.

UNIX (R) is a registered
trademark
of the Open Group.

Copyright Ó Hewlett-Packard
Co. 1998
This information is subject to change without notice
and
is provided "as is" with no warranty.
Hewlett-Packard
shall not be liable for any direct,
indirect, special,
incidental or consequential damages
in connection with the use
of this material.
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