[KLUG Members] Printing fun

[Dirk Bartley]

Greetings

An application sends basic text to lpr.  It comes out of the printer at 10
characters per inch.  I would like to preceed the text getting sent with the
escape codes that tell it to print at 12 or 14 cpi.  I have tried using leader
(ld) in the printcap to send a string to the printer.  No matter what I put in,
only the banner page prints if the :ld=\r:\ or any other string is in printcap
for the printer.  The question is, How do I tell the printer to print a
different characters per inch if I need to accomplish this from the linux
printing tools rather than the application?  Do I need to edit the filter?

Dirk