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Conference turris::digital_unix

Title:	DIGITAL UNIX(FORMERLY KNOWN AS DEC OSF/1)
Notice:	Welcome to the Digital UNIX Conference
Moderator:	SMURF::DENHAM

Created:	Thu Mar 16 1995
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	10068
Total number of notes:	35879

9222.0. "Support for graphics printer protocols" by HGOVC::CHRISTSANG () Wed Mar 19 1997 05:06

    Hello,
    
    I would like to inquire about printer driver support on Digital Unix
    version 3.2G. 
    
    Currently we have a customer who has a Fujistu English/Chinese line
    printer connected to the Alphaserver running Digital Unix 3.2G. I have
    reviewed the SOC (Nov 1996 edition, page 7.4) that printer LG12plus
    support different graphics protocols including EPSON ESC P, ANSI/Sixel,
    etc. And from the DU 3.2G SPD, it appears that there is support for
    LG12 printer.
    
    I have the following queries :
    
    1. Where can I find the printer driver for LG12plus or LG12 (if it is
    the same as LG12plus in terms of graphics protocols support) ?
    
    2. How can we activate this driver in Digital Unix 3.2G ?
    
    3. How do we set the printer driver to use a particular graphics
    protocol such as EPSON ESC P ?
    
    Please advise.
    
    
    Best regards
    Chris

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	Support for the lg12+ printer will be coming out in a future release of Digital UNIX. If nothing changes I expect it will be available in V4.0d. However, to maintain backwards compatibility the filter created for the lg12+ printer is a DEC ANSI filter not Epson ESC-P. The purpose of a print filter is to format UNIX text files for printing. Pre-formatted files do not require the use of a filter. From your questions it sounds as if the customer will be printing pre-formatted files. If so, I suggest using the command `lpr -x' to print the file, or specify the /usr/lbin/xf filter as the input IF filter.

Support for the lg12+ printer will be coming out in a future release of
Digital UNIX. If nothing changes I expect it will be available in V4.0d.
However, to maintain backwards compatibility the filter created for the
lg12+ printer is a DEC ANSI filter not Epson ESC-P.

The purpose of a print filter is to format UNIX text files for printing.
Pre-formatted files do not require the use of a filter. From your
questions it sounds as if the customer will be printing pre-formatted
files. If so, I suggest using the command `lpr -x' to print the file, or
specify the /usr/lbin/xf filter as the input IF filter.