On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 adcarlso@visinet.ca wrote:

2. I have tried printing with cat filename > /dev/lp1

and the result is the "staircase" effect? Is there a way to get around this when using this method or must lpr be used?

One way to solve this is in the setup of the printer itself, on the printer (check the manual for the printer), let LF= CR + LF or something like that, I had to do this for my deskjet 500 compatible printer a long time ago so it's a bit foggy in my mind. I remember though printing through windows still worked ok when the printer was in this mode. Actually, now that we're on this subject, I don't know why DOS file don't get rid of the CR since it takes up extra space. But that has got to do with some long history I guess. -- Lou A. Costabile Voice and Fax: [613] 781-7061 <A HREF="mailto:luis@lac.resonet.com">mailto:luis@lac.resonet.com</A> To get Receipt Notification include %rec% anywhere in the Subject field. -- -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e