[Linux] need some help with printer filter.

[Ronnie]

I am trying to print to a DOS printer, flat ASCII text.

I have the standard 'stair step' problem, and have not been able to
'write'
a simple filter to correct it.
I know the problem is the ^J ^M expected on a DOS printer, where UNIX
is only sending a ^J

I tried to modify a pearl script, then tried in sed & awk.
Nothing I tried would output a file with a ^M at the end of each line?
I don't 'think' I want to do anything ot the print job but translate the
EOL's.
I do not use X, and the version of Linux I am using doesn't have
'printool' etc..
I am using a OLD version od Slackware.

The printer is in another department, so changing its configuration is
out of the question.

Any thoughts would be appreciated....

Thanks & see you at the meeting.