Re: Printing Problems
Fixed my own problem ... replaced apsfilter with magicfilter and now it
prints fine... go figure :\
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote:
>
> 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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>
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