Re: Printing Problems

["Chad D. Zimmerman" <chad@dabcc-www.nmsu.edu>]

Ok, it was the zipdrive causing the non-printing .. but now another small
problem has started ... I am getting the stair stepping now...

This prints but stairsteps:

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

This is the apsfilter setup ... but doesn't print anything at all .. just
keeps the files in the que:

lp|lp2|bj200-letter-auto-mono|bj200 auto mono:\
       :lp=/dev/lp1:\
       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono:\
       :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono/log:\
       :af=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
       :if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bj200-letter-ascii-mono:\
       :mx#0:\
       :sh:
       :rp=text:\

Any ideas what I have going wrong here?  I have tried eveything I know
from when I had this problem 15 months ago ... :\

Chad



On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Michael Tempsch wrote:
>
> >>
> >>Could it be because I am going from the printer port to the zip drive to
> >>the printer?
> 
> Most likely yes...
> 
> If you didn't compile ppa and lp as modules when you compiled your kernel
> it won't work. So, recompile kernel with ppa and lp as modules;
> when you want to print do: 'rmmod ppa ; insmod lp' and when you want to 
> access the ZIPdrive 'rmmod lp ; insmod ppa'
> Kludgy, yes... there's a (experimental?) patch so that the printer and ZIP
> may coexist without you having to do rmmod/insmod all the time:
> http://www.cyberelk.demon.co.uk/parport.html
> I haven't tried this one myself...
> 
> /Michael
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Chad D. Zimmerman				    chad@dabcc-www.nmsu.edu
Southwest Technology Development Institute
New Mexico State University
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