QNX RTOS v4 Knowledge Base
QNX RTOS v4 Knowledge Base
| Title |
Landscape printing in QNX4 and pterm |
| Ref. No. |
QNX.000000482 |
| Category(ies) |
Configuration |
| Issue |
How do we print in landscape mode from a QNX4 and/or Photon microGUI windowing system Shell, Vedit (in a pterm), Photon File Manager, etc.?
There is an orientation field in the
/usr/photon/print/printers file, but how do we take advantage of that option from shell based apps?
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| Solution |
Download the a2ps utility from the free software secion on the QNX website (ftp://ftp.qnx.com/usr/free/qnx4/os/utils/doc_processing/a2ps.tgz). This program is used to convert ASCII files to PostScript. There is a landscape option to it. Then use ghostscript (www.qnx.com/cgi-bin/search/usr/free/?srch=ghostscript&select=1) to convert it to pcl, which the HP printer can then print. |
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