On Sat 02 Jan 2016 at 10:16:27 -0600, John Hasler wrote: > Ok, I installed Cups+Gutenprint on my server because Magicfilter doesn't > support my "new" printer. After a struggle I have it printing pdfs both > locally and remotely. > > Plain text, however, is too much for it. With Magicfilter I just typed > "lpr filename" and everything just worked, whether the file was plain > text or pdf. With Cups "lp filename" (lpr is gone) works fine for a pdf > but with plain text gives a gray bar at the top of the page. "lp -o raw > filename" is too raw: no carriage returns. There are various filters, > of course, but I can't ask my wife to type "<filter> < filename | lp" > for plain text and "lp filename" for pdfs. How do I get cups to do what > Magicfilter does "magically"? Surely this is a solved problem.
The printer name and model would be useful to know; as would the PPD presently being used. There is no difference in using lp or lpr.
