Printing problem with Panasonic FP-D605

[Igor Baranov]

Hello,

I have HP-UX 11 server. I did set up the printer Panasonic FP-D605 through the network.
The printer is started to print. However the problem is the right side on any pages are cats off. How can I resolve this problem?

Thank you very much for your advice.

[Bill Hassell]

You are probably sending a plain ASCII file to the Panasonic as a remote printer. HP-UX does not format files before sending them to a remote system. In Unix, all ASCII files have a single linefeed at the end of each line, while most printers need CR and LF to print correctly. This causes the text to stair-step down the page and off the right edge of the paper. You will have to filter the ASCII files with ux2dos as in:

ux2dos /some_ASCII_file | lp -dremote_printer

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi,

Another option to fix the stair-step problem is to get into the printer's menu, find & set the "Add CR to LF" or "LF=LF+CR" option on.
Then just send the print job normally & w/o any preprocessing.
This normally won't affect Win printouts which do come in as CR+LF

Rgds,
Jeff

[Igor Baranov]

Thank you for your advices.
Unfortunately it does not help. The printer is still printing about 80 columns but not full page. I was trying to use: ???lp ???olandscape??? but printer does not print anything.
Any suggestions?

Thanks a lot,

[Jeff Schussele]

OK - sorry I misunderstood your question.
If you're trying to get compressed print & this is a LaserJet compatible printer then try

lp -oc

c in this case means compressed & will give you a pitch of 16.66 characters per inch.

Take a look at /usr/lib/lp/model/laserjet for all the -o options available for LaserJet printers.

HTH,
Jeff