Okidata ML320T printing questions

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 07:31:00PM -0400, Walter Dnes wrote:
>   I have a brand new Okidata ML 320Turbo, running in IBM-emulation mode.
> "lpr textfile" prints the textfile, so I've at least got things
> connected properly.  Now the configuration questions...
> 
>   1) It has a "staircase effect".  I.e. \n causes it to drop down a row,
> but it does not return to beginning of line.  It seems to expect DOS
> text files where CHR(13)+CHR(10) constitutes end-of-line.
> 
>   2) "gs -h" indicates that the "okiibm" device is compiled in.  What do
> I do to get graphics (e.g. webpages) to print properly.
> 
>   What do I do to get things working properly.  Please don't refer me to
> www.linuxprinting.org.  I can read manpages, but this is the most
> convoluted, obtuse, incomprehensible "help" page I've ever run into.  I
> downloaded the PPD file, and then tried to figure out what they were
> saying about "foo-matic", and my head started spinning.  There has got
> to be an easier way.

Well I use cupsys which for me at least makes setting up a printer easy.

I install the foomatic and cupsys packages (quite a few packages on
Debian involved), then connect my browser to http://localhost:631 and
login as root (with root's password) and add a printer, picking the
brand and model from the list (provided by foomatic and/or gimpprint it
seems), and it's all done.

linuxprinting.org is great for telling what level of support exists for
a given printer.

Lennart Sorensen
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