Printer IBM

tifus · 08-02-2002, 07:36 AM

I want to set up a IBM 2391 (Matricielle) on my Redhat 7.3 server and share it to the other redhat computer (client). It's work fine but i lose caracters when the line is too long. Does it's possible to set how many max char long the printer can print ?

Someone told me to use a different filter but i have only "C and jp_JA" filters .. Can i add other ?!

Thanks a lot !

tifus

tifus · 08-05-2002, 07:27 AM

No one know how to "told" to the printer to only print (for exemple) 80 caracters long ?!

abrakadabra · 08-07-2002, 10:49 PM

Hi tifus, I think what you mean is how to tell a matrix (impact) printer to print x number of characters per inch (cpi) unfortunatelly configuring matrix printers takes time and patience. They have some limitations in fonts and you'd have to settle for whatever type of fonts they can print. You may want to check IBM webpage for filters. I don't think this is a limitation in Linux. Have you got a chance to test this with a different printer to see what kind of results you get?

good luck!