On Tuesday 16 November 2004 22:29, Bruce Marshall wrote:
You need to uncomment and modify the line:
$_printer_command = "lpr" to make it be:
$_printer_command = "lp -o raw'
This *should* do raw printing for you.... but you may need to tweak other things as well. Most of the information has been in these replies but if you need more help, come on back with questions.
Thank you kindly. ~ the error message that I continue to receive, is :- /var/log/cups : "print_job: resource name '/printers/lp' no good!" ........................................ In SuSE vers 8.0 am using CUPs. ...................................... the DOSemu configuration file in my home dosemu directory, is called " ~/.dosemurc " { I believe that it is ~/.dosemurc that I am supposed to adjust, rather than "global.conf" } ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, this is how the "Printer" section of " ~/.dosemurc " looks :- ................................. ## Printer settings # list of (/etc/printcap) printer names to appear as LPT1, LPT2, LPT3 # (not all are needed, empty for none). Default: "lp" # use "" if you want the printer_command (below) free-form (LPT1 only) # $_printer = "lp" # Nov. 15. 2004 # printer { file "/usr/tmp/dos-print-1" timeout 10 } # printer { file "/dev/lp0" timeout 10 } # printer { command "lpr" options "-p %s" timeout 10 } # Nov. 16. 2004 # $_ports = "device /dev/lp0 fast range 0x3bc 0x3bf" # lpt0 # Print command to use. Default: "lpr", for "lpr -P printername". # Sometimes (with CUPS) "lpr -l" is necessary. # $_printer_command = "lpr -l -P Stylus COLOR 200" # $_printer_command = "lpr" # idle time in seconds before spooling out. Default: (20) # $_printer = "lp0" # $_printer_command = "lpr -l # $_printer_command = "lp -d dos -o raw" $_printer_command = "lp -o raw" # $_printer_command = "lpr -l -o raw" # $_printer_command = "lp -o raw" # $_printer_timeout = (20) ####### Is there, please, anything obvious, that could produce error message "print_job: resource name '/printers/lp' no good!" ? ............................... my Printer is an Epson Stylus Color 200 , on /dev/lp0 ........................ many thanks best rgds ___________