[ale] Changing default font for lp command

[Scott Castaline]

Jeff Lightner wrote:
> I imagine it is printer specific.  I remember once upon a time one had
> to actually by font personality cards for LaserJets.
> 
> Google didn't have an answer but one thing did point to ghostscript
> which should have occurred to me.   It does allow you to pipe output to
> printers (they say lpr rather than lp) and have some examples in the man
> page.  That may be a place to research.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of John
> Wells
> Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 3:07 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Changing default font for lp command
> 
> ----- "Jeff Lightner" <jlightner at water.com> wrote:
>> The documentation is a good thing.  Unfortunately it doesn't talk
>> about
>> "fonts".
> 
> Thanks Jeff, but we're actually talking about the font. Looks like a
> courier-ish one coming out by default. I've never dove into this part of
> cups (and yes, we've consulted the docs). Is there now way or is this
> printer specific?
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I remember those. Goes back to the 3 series The IIIsi in particular had 
cartridges, like the old Atari game carts, that plugged into the lower 
right corner. State Farm was a heavy user of these guys, but had a 
tremendous theft problem. Their offices would get broken into during the 
night and all 10 units would be stolen. Then came along their Chief of 
Security who came up with the idea of bolting them to the table using a 
1" dia bolt. They drilled 2 holes in the bottom of these and secured 
them. This was done in 6 of their offices. They couldn't figure out why 
they didn't work. I was working for HP Customer Service at the time and 
I was the one that visited all of these printers. We used to call these 
printers "Drip Pan Logic", because the main logic board was in a 
compartment at the bottom that basically looked like a drip pan. Inside 
the plastic cover or bottom was a 1/4" metal chassis cover. When they 
had drilled the hole, they had done it without removing all of this and 
had just laid the printer upside down. Two printers they had drilled 
right through the logic board, they rest fried when the metal filings 
fell into the power supply. Doing the math that was 60 printers fried at 
I think it was about $5K apiece back then. I never saw that Security 
Chief after that, I really don't know why?????????? Oh well sorry for 
going way off subject.