printing with different fonts

[Bryan D. Quinn]

Is it possible to print with different fonts from hpux? We have a line printer and we have a request to print to it with a different font than the default. We are runnig 11.0. Does anybody know if this is possible and if so, how to go about doing it.

Thanks,
-Bryan

[A. Clay Stephenson · Accepted solution]

In general the answer is yes. If your line printer is a band printer then to change fonts, you actually changed the print band --- so in that case no. If yours is a matrix line printer (and most are these days) then you need to study the printer manual and find out what the command seqi\uences are. You then put these in your /var/spool/lp/interfaces/myprinter file and it becomes a new -o option for the lp command OR you setup a completely new queue (printer) for the same physical printer and initially send the desired sequences to the printer and then no -o options would be needed. You also need to make certain that the interface files reset the printer to the default mode so that subsequent print jobs behave as expected. More than 99% of all lp interface files are shell scripts so you should find everything you need by editing a few of the existing files for ideas.

[Bryan D. Quinn]

Great. Thanks for the information Clay. That is exactly what I need.

Thanks a million for sharing your invaluable knowledge, it's always a pleasure to read your posts!

-Bryan

[John Flanagan]

I found a useful document on a microsoft site called 'Ultimate Printer Maunal' when I had to do a similar job a few years ago.

It contains the escape codes you will need.

John.