From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200204121627.g3CGRZ709374@copernicus.cs.utwente.nl> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] printer setup & printing? In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 12 Apr 2002 11:28:46 -0400." References: From: Axel Belinfante Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 18:27:35 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 76ea4ae0-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > > - what spool files do I need with what permissions? > > using lp's error messages as directives I now have an 'other' > > file system on the fs, with the following contents: > > lp/ > > tmp/ > > log/ > > If fileserver=kfs, lp is supposed to use /lp on your kfs. my fileserver is a real fake worm. > Look there on a freshly-installed system: [...] thanks! seems I have to add queue and prob. > > - when I print plain (utf) text that contains funny characters > > (like the euro sign), they show up not as expected. > > Is there a better way to do this conversion? > > What does not as expected mean? It could be just the font > problem addressed in the final question below. Probably. Without the solution you give below, the euro symbols print as the 'not sign' in /lib/keyboard. With that solution applied, they print as 'empty string' (i.e. no visible/printable symbol appears on the paper). > > - our (network, postscript) printers use A4 paper. > > Do I have to configure that somewhere? > > No idea, sorry. After applying the fix you mention below, the man page looks quite decent anyway. > > - when I use 'man -t man |lp' the (horizontal) interword spacing > > is wrong [...] > Yes, you are not downloading the appropriate fonts into the printer. [fix omitted] > That should work better. I wonder why that wasn't already like that. looks perfect. thanks for the quick reply! Axel.