Stairstep effect with HP printer

[Daniel Numberger]

Hello.....

We have a problem with printing text files on our HP-LJ5 printer.
Our OS is Solaris 7 and the LJ5 is our network printer.
The text files are printed with stairsteps. Postscripts are printed
fine.
What must we do to solve this?

Many thanks in advance,

Daniel

[Greg Andrews]

numb...@ito.uni-stuttgart.de writes:
>
>We have a problem with printing text files on our HP-LJ5 printer.
>Our OS is Solaris 7 and the LJ5 is our network printer.
>The text files are printed with stairsteps. Postscripts are printed
>fine.
>What must we do to solve this?
>

This is pretty frequently asked, and groups.google.com can give
you many such frequently given answers.

Try this:

lpadmin -p printer-name -s hostname\!auto

where "printer-name" is the name you want to use for the printer
in lp commands, and "hostname" is the printer's IP address or
hostname.

If that doesn't work, try:

lpadmin -p printer-name -s hostname\!text

This will definitely solve the problem printing text, but it
might cause trouble printing Postscript. Test it with Postscript
as well as text.

A third option:

lpfilter -f postprint -F /etc/lp/fd/postprint.fd
lpadmin -p printer-name -v /dev/null -m netstandard
lpadmin -p printer-name -T PS -I postscript
lpadmin -p printer-name -o protocol=tcp -o dest=hostname:9100
enable printer-name
accept printer-name

The fourth and best option:

Download HP's Jetdirect Printer Installer for Solaris from HP's
web site www.hp.com. Be sure to view the INSTALL and README
pages on the web site for the install and printer configuration
instructions.

The HP software gives you full access to the printer's features,
so it's the best option.

-Greg
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[Paul Gress]

Run the text with the filter/utiity "unix2dos". It ships with every
Solaris. I found mine in /usr/bin.

Paul

[do...@04.usenet.us.com]

Greg Andrews <ge...@panix.com> wrote:

: Download HP's Jetdirect Printer Installer for Solaris from HP's

: web site www.hp.com. Be sure to view the INSTALL and README
: pages on the web site for the install and printer configuration
: instructions.

I never tried it with Solaris-sparc. I did load it on a few Windows
machines. Unfortunately, there is no Solaris-x86 version.

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- Pope Valley (Napa County) CA.

[Greg Andrews]

do...@04.usenet.us.com writes:
>Greg Andrews <ge...@panix.com> wrote:
>
>: Download HP's Jetdirect Printer Installer for Solaris from HP's
>: web site www.hp.com. Be sure to view the INSTALL and README
>: pages on the web site for the install and printer configuration
>: instructions.
>
>I never tried it with Solaris-sparc. I did load it on a few Windows
>machines. Unfortunately, there is no Solaris-x86 version.
>

Don't forget that I described that solution as the fourth option,
not the only one.

[do...@04.usenet.us.com]

Greg Andrews <ge...@panix.com> wrote:

: do...@04.usenet.us.com writes:
:>Greg Andrews <ge...@panix.com> wrote:
:>
:>: Download HP's Jetdirect Printer Installer for Solaris from HP's
:>: web site www.hp.com. Be sure to view the INSTALL and README
:>: pages on the web site for the install and printer configuration
:>: instructions.
:>
:>I never tried it with Solaris-sparc. I did load it on a few Windows
:>machines. Unfortunately, there is no Solaris-x86 version.
:>

: Don't forget that I described that solution as the fourth option,
: not the only one.

Yes. From Solaris8 x86, your suggestion of
lpadmin -p hp -s 12.34.56.78\!auto
works just fine for me (LJ4000N) . I only point out the oddity
that there is no Jetdirect Printer Installer for the Solaris x86.