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From: lipton@halleys.UUCP (Gary Lipton)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: initialization string in printcap
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 14:14:00 EDT
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Posted: Fri May 15 14:14:00 1987
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Keywords: printcap termcap

I need to send an escape-sequence initialization string to
a printer.  (This is actually to select plotters through a
mux).  To my surprise, I found that printcap does not have
any provision for sending initialization strings.  I noticed
that termcap does have this provision, but it doesn't seem
to transfer to printcap.  I tried setting "ff" (form-feed) equal
to my initialization string, and then requiring a form-feed
at the beginning of every plot, by setting "fo" (a less-than-
ideal solution) but this doesn't work.  Either the escape
character isn't making it through, or it is preceded by something.
Does anybody know how to initialize a printer?


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