Re: Strange behavior of lpr+lpd

[rac0043@provincia.ra.it]

You wrote:
> Maybe, but please post your filter(s) and the /etc/printcap file,
> so that we can examine the problem.

This is my printcap:

lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
        :lp=/dev/lp1:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
        :if=/etc/filter.ps:\
        :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
        :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
        :pl#66:\
        :pw#80:\
        :pc#150:\
        :mx#0:\
        :sh:

This is my filter.ps:

#!/bin/sh

/usr/local/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=stcolor \
		-sPAPERSIZE=a4  -dNOPAUSE\
                -r360x360 -dSAFER -dOutputCode=512 -sOutputFile=- -


If I invoke the filter with /etc/filter.ps <filetoprint.ps  
>/dev/lp1 the printer prints.

If I do lpr filetoprint.ps nothing appear.
If I do lpq it says "lp is ready and is printing" but it is not true.
If in the printcap I change the "if" directive with "of" the lpq  
command says that there is not the lpd running but it is not true  
because ps -aux shows it running.



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