lp ouput incorrect

[Jeff Hoevenaar]

Trying to print a text file (i.e. hosts) using the lp command on a RedHat AS3 server.

lp /etc/hosts

The printout comes out incorrect.

Example:

10.10.10.1 host1
10.10.10.2 host3


Any idea how I fix this?

Thanks.

[Vipulinux]

Hi
What is the output when you try:

cat /etc/hosts | lp

Cheers

[Jeff Hoevenaar]

my message above did not quite come out the way i wanted to look

the lines are staggard and they print off the page - not in a column
(like above)

[Rick Garland]

Sounds as if you are stair-stepping.
Typically this is an incorrect driver is use.

[Ivan Ferreira · Accepted solution]

The sample you posted does not shows the problem. It should be the staircase problem. Red Hat has the option in system-config-printer to add carriage return to the printer, or choose another printer driver, maybe the printer itself has an option to translate LF to CR-LF.

[Jeff Hoevenaar]

Thanks - I got it.

using this command line to create print queue:

lpadmin -p cmdcpr01 -E -v lpd://192.239.1.10/raw -m textonly.ppd


"textonly" was the key