OT: Linux/CUPS/stair-stepping

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Jim Asman (Thu, 21 Feb 2008 09:41:27 -0800):

> --------------- Original Message ---------------
> At 12:13P Thu Feb 21 2008, Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
[...]
>> > >printing straight from the lp command staircases: there are no CRs with
>> > >the LFs.  filePro does those itself, if you tell it to, but when
>> > >googling through several sets of search results, I find lots of
>> > >people asking, and no one answering.
[...]
>> > If you're not including any binary data in your output stream, it may also
>> > be possible to use stty to set the "onlcr" bit, which says "convert NL to
>> > CR-LF".
>>
>> The printer is physically attached to a Windows 2000 server, where I
>> don't think I have stty.  :-)
>>
>> And while I can possibly modify the printer's internal environment, I
>> will likely then be screwing it up for everyone who isn't me.
>
> It sounds as though you are using a "raw" interface. You need to
> install a text printer in "cooked" mode which will typically inject
> the <esc>&k2G PCL command at the head of the print stream.

Given that the problem is LF doesn't do CR as well, how much harm to
"everyone else" would occur if you changed LF-->CR+LF in the printer
itself?  Programs sending CR+LF already wouldn't be affected, as the
result would be CR+CR+LF, which has no visible difference.  Only those
people who want, and depend on, stair-stepping, would be affected by
the change.  If there are any such people printing to this printer,
they could tweak their settings.

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