problem with printers

[David_550]

I have the same problem with three printers an their drivers respectively.
The impresion is not lined in this form:
this is a
---------->test the impresion
----------------------------->in hpux
------------------------------------->11.0

What is the problem??
Please help
Thanks

[Mark Grant]

The problem is that your printer is not doing a "carriage return" when doing a "line feed". This could be a setting on the printer, could be worked around in the printer interface file or maybe a different driver. It all depends on how you are printing and what spooler you are using. Perhaps you could provide a little more detail.

[David_550]

Sorry, I have configured three printers (printers with jetdirect an IP) with sam in my hpux 11.11 server and then i edit the file /etc/X11/C/print/atribbutes/printer with tpsedit and i define the printer driver for that printer an descriptor.
But, the three printers present de same problem.

How i can set the varible carrier in the driver??

My printes don´t have any problem in my windows.

[Peter Gillis]

David,
this may help...
when defining remote printers I have had to add _cr in the remote printer name field to ensure carriage returns are added at end of each line of print. The print no longer 'steps' down the page.
Maria

[john korterman]

Hi David,
as already pointed out this has to do with a missing CR. There can be numerous reasons for that, but one thing to do is to go to the "technical knowledge base" under "maintenance and support for hp products" and make a search for "stair stepping"; perhaps something there matches your situation.

regards,
John K.

[Bill Hassell]

The reason that this occurs is that Unix does not have printer-ready ASCII files. Unlike Windows where an ASCII file has CR+LF at the end of every line, Unix only has the LF (line feed) character so sending the file directly to the printer will produce the stairstep effect that you are seeing. Although HP printers have the ability to translate LF to CR+LF, this is not a typical a front-panel setting--it must be enabled with an escape sequence, some characters just prior to the print job. Non-HP printers may have some mechanism but it is likely incompatible.

So to work around this, HP printer scripts have the command ux2dos included in the script. So typing the lp command at a shell prompt will print the file correctly. Since you are using the workstation technical printing system, you'll have to make the change in the TP printer configuration.