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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > > > > -------------------------------------
> > > > > cat filename | dos2unix -d > /dev/lp0
> > > > > -------------------------------------
> >
> > What does the -d mean?
>
> Convert Linux file to DOS file.
>
> > Why would I want dos2unix to print a linux file?
>
> Because DOS files have a carriage-return/linefeed
> at the end of each line in the file.  Linux files
> do not.

I finally figured this out.
dos2unix -u converts the file to unix
dos2unix -d converts it to dos

dos2unix  alone (no switch) converts it to whatever it was not to start 
with.

When I use dos2unix -d it prints the page but ONLY after I also hit the 
paper out button.  When I omit the dos2unix -d (and also hit the paper out 
button) it prints the first line, then starts printing the second line 
directly after the first but one line down (LF without CR) so this printer 
apparently needs the DOS CR.

The dot-matrix printer prints the linux file directly and also does not 
need the paper out button pushed.  I will leave the dot-matrix as lp1 
(default for linux wp) and set the inkjet printer to lp0 and use it as dos 
default.

Any ideas why the 672 is so much fussier than the dot-matrix with linux?
Did they stop building printers to be as universal?

The HP 500 also needs the DOS CR.  But not the paper button.

If I set up lpd and then login as user am I likely to be able to print my 
email from a shell account the way I can in DOS (with kermit)?  Right now 
it just prints to screen when I try.

I can print to the 672 in DOS while online at my linux-type shell account 
(it does CRs) but I still need to hit the paper out button sometimes.