[Sunhelp] Printing to HP LaserJet

[Ben Dougherty]

Look at /usr/share/lib/terminfo/* these are all database types for printers
and
terminals. I think you might be interested with
/usr/share/lib/terminfo/h/hplaserjet.
Just include this with -T for the lpadmin command.

hope this helps
Ben
-----Original Message-----
From: Van Niekerk, Ronelle <ronelle.vanniekerk at csfb.com>
To: Sunhelp (E-mail) <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
Date: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 1:12 PM
Subject: [Sunhelp] Printing to HP LaserJet


>Hi all,
>
>I am running 2.6 and am trying to print to an HP LaserJet5 si mx. I have
>added the printer with the  command:  lpadmin -p foo -s bar!bar -I ps -T ps
>This allows me to print ps files, but won't print my ascii text files
>correctly.
>I also tried adding simple to the -I option, but it doesn't help.
>
>What am I missing?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
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