I'm running IRIX 5.3 on an SGI Indigo Server 4000. This machine is on an ethernet network with a PC, the PC has a Panasonic dotmatrix printer connected directly to it. The PC is running Windows NT and uses Exceed to communicate with the Indigo.
When I use "lp" on the SGI to send a flat ascii file to the remote printer on the PC I get several pages of postscript header nonsence before the actual text of the requested file is printed out. If I add %! as the first line of the file to be printed out, the postscript header text does not appear... however, I now have %! as the first line in all my printouts. I am using the standard IRIX BSD print driver when setting up the printer destination.
If I substitute the dotmatrix printer with an HP laserjet printer, the file prints out fine!
I assume that this is a printdriver problem on the SGI side. Is there a way to configure the lp command so that it doesn't try to send the file to the remote printer as a postscript file? Or do I need to configure IRIX with a different print driver?
Any help will be appreciated!
Larry
When I use "lp" on the SGI to send a flat ascii file to the remote printer on the PC I get several pages of postscript header nonsence before the actual text of the requested file is printed out. If I add %! as the first line of the file to be printed out, the postscript header text does not appear... however, I now have %! as the first line in all my printouts. I am using the standard IRIX BSD print driver when setting up the printer destination.
If I substitute the dotmatrix printer with an HP laserjet printer, the file prints out fine!
I assume that this is a printdriver problem on the SGI side. Is there a way to configure the lp command so that it doesn't try to send the file to the remote printer as a postscript file? Or do I need to configure IRIX with a different print driver?
Any help will be appreciated!
Larry