stairsteping in enscript

[Rick Garland]

Hi all:

Recently had to re-install GNU enscript. Obtained from the porting center in depot form. Installed on HP-UX 11.00 with no troubles.

When I try to print via ensceript, I get the stair stepping effect. Yet when I print via the lp system, the printout is fine. I am using a DeskJet 900 series printer.

Been staring at the cfg file for a little while now. The search turns up nothing for enscript.

Any configuration tips are greatly appreaciated!

[Bill Hassell]

Stairstep output is perfectly normal for a Unix ASCII file. That's why Unix spoolers must add the CR character to each EOL (end of line or LF) character, called 'cooked' output. Printing has gotten quite complicated as users interconnect incompatible systems together.

If you print an ASCII file direct from HP-UX to the printer using a parallel cable or using JetDirect, the CR/LF mapping is handled by the spooler. If enscript is bypassing the spooler, then you'll need to filter the output from enscript with the ux2dos command.