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From: rich@aggie.UUCP (Rich Seligson)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.i386
Subject: Printing eight bit data (was Re: Need information on VP/IX or DosMer)
Summary: Can't get 8 bit characters to print under SCO unix
Keywords: unix print lp graphics
Message-ID: <50@aggie.UUCP>
Date: 6 Apr 90 15:29:33 GMT
References: <31959@sequent.UUCP> <113700001@uicbert.eecs.uic.edu> <1990Apr3.174451.9688@pcrat.uucp>
Reply-To: rich@cyanamid.com (Rich Seligson)
Organization: American Cyanamid Co. Wayne, NJ
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In article <1990Apr3.174451.9688@pcrat.uucp> rick@pcrat.UUCP (Rick Richardson) writes:
>... your line printer
>spooler 'interface' (shell script) doesn't have a "raw" or 8 bit transparent
>option.  We've posted one for the HP's here several times in recent
>history.  You install this interface in place of whatever you currently
>use.  Whenever you need to send 8 bit data, you use the -oraw option
>to lp. ...

I'm using SCO unix and I have a similar but more difficult problem.  I
can't get 8 bit data to print at all, regardless of whether I'm in
vpix or not.  I've already modified my spooler interface script with
no luck.  As a matter of fact, redirecting a file of eight bit data
(only) to /dev/lp0 seems to send nothing to the printer.

(t.o is a file of 15 ascii 223(decimal) characters)
cat t.o > /dev/lp     <-- sends nothing to printer
date > /dev/lp        <-- works fine (sends output of date to printer)

Anyone have an idea on this one?  Thanks in advance.

Rich
rich@cyanamid.com
...rutgers.edu!aggie!rich

P.S. The original posting was in regard to Interactive Unix, beacuse
     the subject is similar, I'm following up about SCO Unix.