dvijep on sgi

Sat May 11 16:15:14 AEST 1991

Here is the solution to the problem. I had the exact same difficulty.

The problem is actually that your lp script is clipping off the 8th bit when
dvijep downloads the soft font to your printer. The solution is to
use a raw stty for your printer. I append my lp interface script. Note
that I run at 38400 baud. That blasts output to a serial-parallel
buffer box. You will probably want to lower the baud rate to 9600. Be careful
of handshake. I had to make a special cable, as the laser jet
printers use DTR for character flow control that gets crossed to CTR for
sgi. I found that narrow font items were corrupted, and the font looked
generally sloppy with that 8th bit missing.

This interface script is for use with a removable Pacafic Data post script
cart that is so slow that I use it only for ps specials.

------------------------lp interface for HP LaserJet 2 printer-----------------
#!/bin/sh
ESC="\033"
CTL_D="\004"
PS_TO_PCL="${ESC}&l5257.1058J"
RESET="${ESC}E"
FFCRLFSTRING="${ESC}&k2G"
INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}"
# no init while ps is working!
#INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}"
#INITSTRING="${PS_TO_PCL}"
#INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}"
LANDSCAPE="${ESC}&l1O"
HEADSTRING="${INITSTRING}"
EXITSTRING="${INITSTRING}"
BAUDRATE=38400
#BAUDRATE=19200
#BAUDRATE=9600
STTYPARAMS="raw cs8 -parenb"
#BANNER=1
#TRAILER="$BANNER"
printer=`basename $0`
LOGFILE=/usr/spool/lp/log
seqid=$1
name=$2
title="$3"
copies=$4
options="$5"

shift; shift; shift; shift; shift

files="$*"

#
# Parse printer-specific options specified with lp(1) -o option
#
#
# Initialize port parameters
#
stty $BAUDRATE $STTYPARAMS <&1
#cat < /dev/ttyf4 >> $LOGFILE &
#CPID=$!

echo >> $LOGFILE
stty -a <&1 2>&1 >> $LOGFILE
echo >> $LOGFILE

echo "`date` PRINT started\n\ttitle=\"$title\" file=\"$files\" options=\"$options\" " >> $LOGFILE
set -- $options
while test $# -ne 0
do
	case $1 in
		landscape|LANDSCAPE)
		echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
SYMBOL_SET="${ESC}""(0N"
SPACING="${ESC}""(s1P"
PITCH="${ESC}""(s16.6H"
POINT="${ESC}""(s8.5V"
STYLE="${ESC}""(s0S"
STROKE="${ESC}""(s0B"
TYPEFACE="${ESC}""(s0T"
INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}${LANDSCAPE}${SYMBOL_SET}${SPACING}${PITCH}${POINT}${STYLE}${STROKE}${TYPEFACE}"
			;;
		envelope|ENVELOPE)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
LETTER_ENV="${ESC}&l80A"
TOP_MARGIN="${ESC}&l20E"
PAGE_LENGTH="${ESC}&l100P"
TEXT_LENGTH="${ESC}&l100F"
LEFT_MARGIN="${ESC}&a25L"
RIGHT_MARGIN="${ESC}&a100M"
SYMBOL_SET="${ESC}(0U"
SPACING="${ESC}(s1P"
PITCH="${ESC}(s12H"
POINT="${ESC}(s12V"
STYLE="${ESC}(s0S"
STROKE="${ESC}(s3B"
TYPEFACE="${ESC}(s6T"

INITSTRING="${RESET}${FFCRLFSTRING}${LANDSCAPE}${TOP_MARGIN}${TEXT_LENGTH}${LEFT_MARGIN}${RIGHT_MARGIN}${PAGE_LENGTH}"
INITSTRING="${INITSTRING}${SYMBOL_SET}${SPACING}${PITCH}${POINT}${STYLE}${STROKE}${TYPEFACE}"
			;;
		notrailer)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
			TRAILER=0
			;;
		trailer|TRAILER)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
			TRAILER=1
			;;
		banner|BANNER)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
			BANNER=1
			;;
		nobanner)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
			BANNER=0
			;;
		raw|RAW)echo "$1 option selected" >> $LOGFILE
			HEADSTRING="$HEADSTRING""$FFCRLFSTRING"
			INITSTRING=""
			STTYPARAMS="raw -icanon -opost -xcase -isig istrip -ixany -brkint cread clocal cs8 -ixon"
			;;
		ps|PS)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
			INITSTRING=""
			;;
		tex|TEX)
			echo $1 option selected >> $LOGFILE
			;;
		*)	;;
	esac
	shift
done

if [ "$BANNER" ]
then
x="=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-"
X="$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n\n"
echo "$HEADSTRING""\c"
echo $X

banner "$name"
echo "\n\n"
user=`grep "^$name:" /etc/passwd | line | cut -d: -f5`

	if [ "$user" = "" ]
	then
	user=`(ypmatch $name passwd | line | cut -d: -f5) 2> /dev/null`
	fi

	if [ -n "$user" ]
	then
	echo "User: $user\n"
	else
	echo "\n"
	fi

echo "Request id: $seqid    Printer: `basename $0`\n"

date

echo "\n"
echo $X

	if [ -z "$title" ]
	then
	title="STD_IN"
	fi

echo "\n""$title""\n"
banner `echo "$title" | cut -c1-10`
echo "\n""$title""\n"
echo $X
echo "\014\c"
else
echo NO BANNER >> $LOGFILE
fi

if [ -z "$INITSTRING" ]
then
echo "NO INIT" >> $LOGFILE
else
#echo "${PS_TO_PCL}""\c"
#sleep 3
echo INITSTRING=`echo $INITSTRING | od -c|cut -c8-` >> $LOGFILE
echo "$INITSTRING""\c"
fi

i=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
	for file in $files
	do
	cat "$file" 2>&1
	echo "\014\c"
	done
	i=`expr $i + 1`
done

	if [ "$TRAILER" ]
	then
	echo "$HEADSTRING""\c"
	echo $X
	banner $name
	echo $X
	echo "\n""$title""\n"
	banner `echo "$title" | cut -c1-10`
	echo "\n""$title""\n"
	echo $X
	banner COMPLETED
	echo $X
	echo "\014\c"
	echo "$EXITSTRING""\c"
	fi

echo "`date` PRINTING Completed" >> $LOGFILE
#kill -9 $CPID
exit 0
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>From: "T.C. Zhao" <bloom-beacon.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!think.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!menudo.uh.edu!svec5>
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>I am having some trouble isolating problems with dvijep on an SGI.
>Specifically, when 11pt fonts are used, the print out will miss i(Roman)
>verywhere.  I got dvijep compiled without any warning and 10pt document
>seems ok. The 300dpi 11pt preview rules out problems with the font
>itself.
>I am really lost here. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
>System: SGI 4D/210GTX running 3.3 with HP LaserJet series II.
>
>Thanks in advance.
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