Does the printer work under windows? Have you tried to cat a plain text file to the printer, by passing cups? Terry On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:43:29 -0400 (EDT)you write: >When printing something like a sign, it's helpful to print in a larger >font than 8 point type. Do any command line tools exist to adjust the font >upward on a text file say created with emacs and save that so when the >file gets printed, the printing will come out at a larger size specified >by the user? I'd prefer not to mess around in gnome or at least have a >means to do this with the command line when gnome accessibility goes away >temporarily because of updates in the future. The dot matrix printer I >have I can't get working even with very competent sighted assistance yet. >It's a panasonic KXP-1123 and though we got the ppd file installed for it >from linuxprinting.org all the printer prints out is dollar signs and >question marks and long lines. This was a new never used printer out of >the box recently I can get replaced easily enough but don't know if >there's a firmware update it needs. It would be quicker to do firmware >update for it than replace it if such is the case. > >_______________________________________________ >Blinux-list mailing list >Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list