Ahhh yes the infamous stair-step.
This page in the printing HOWTO covers just the problem you are experiencing.
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO/setup.html#LPD-CONFIG-TUTORIAL
Hope this helps,
Joe
On Tuesday 23 July 2002 08:28 pm, you wrote:
> I'm sending some neat information to an inkjet printer; however, the
> jobs come out like this:
>
> Testing
> Testing
> Testing
> Test
> ing
>
> I guess it's sending a CR (UNIX), but I believe the formatting also
> needs a LF. I'm using the following command line:
>
> dumpe2fs /dev/hda1 > /dev/lp0
>
> How do I have a LF go through as well as a CR so this report will look
> normal?
>
> Mario
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