/etc/printcap format

James A. Farley jim at cast.uark.edu
Mon Jan 11 21:21:57 EST 1993


> 
> 	First, does anyone know the the line to enter for running a HP 7475A
> plotter (actually using, not just emulating).  I've heard there are supposed
> to be examples in $GIS/mapgen/etc/printcap, but a 'printcap' file did not
> "appear" there after compilation of mapgen.

The following seems to work fine for us:
hpgl3| HP7475 hpgl plotter:\
	:lp=/dev/ttyb:\
	:sd=/var/spool/hpgl3:\
	:br#9600:\
	:sh:\
	:sf: 

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