OT: Condensing text for postscript printer on RH 7.2?

[Edward Dekkers]

Thomas Cameron wrote:
> All -
> 
> I know this is the FC list, but the Red Hat 7.x lists are dead and I am 
> hoping that someone here remembers how to do this.
> 
> I am running a proprietary application on Red Hat 7.2.  I can't change 
> the app or the platform for commercial "support" reasons.  I have set up 
> a printer hanging off a Windows XP box running print services for Unix 
> and am sending print jobs to it.  The print jobs go just fine, but they 
> are printing 132 characters on an 80 character layout and wrapping 
> text.  It makes the reports unusable.
> 
> Anyone know how to set up RH 7.2 to condense text?  I remember doing it 
> once back when RH 7.x was brand new but I can't remember how I did it.  
> I've been messing with /var/spool/lpd/[queue]/mf.cfg, specifically the 
> mpage settings, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything.
> 
> Any pointers much appreciated.
> 
> Thomas

I vaguely remember sending a CHR(15) for setting the printer to 
condensed mode?

Jeez, this is going back a while though. Worked on all dot matrix es I 
tried it on though.

Basically try throwing an ASCII 15 out of the parallel port. (or was it 
14?) Experiment.

Regards,
Ed.
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