Re: LPRng Printing Problem
I also tried to a remote network printer (Novell) and had the same problem. If it is a bug, how do I (we) determine which package has the problem for filing a bug report? That I am not the only one experiencing the problem gives me faith that I wasn't doing something too stupid.
Dave
>>> Petru NOTINGHER <petru@univ-montp2.fr> 12/02/99 10:55AM >>>
I have exactly the same problem, but with a remote (network) printer. I tried lpd instead of LprNG, the problem
stays.
It might be a bug somewhere. Maybe we should file a bug report ?
Petru
David Wilson wrote:
> I recently installed potato and am new to Linux. I seem unable to print using LPRng and haven't found any helpful information in HOW-TOs, although I'm sure the info I need is there somewhere. When I issue the "lpr file.ps" command, nothing happens, no errors, no output.
>
> I have two parallel ports (in Windows they are LPT1 and LPT2). My printer is connected to the second port (/dev/lp1?).
>
> My printer is an HP720C (I know ...). I have install pbm2ppa and can successfully run the following script to directly send a file to the printer:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> cat $1 | gs -sDEVICE=pbmraw -q -dNOPAUSE -r600 -sOutputFile=- - | \
> pbm2ppa - - >/dev/lp1
>
> I have modified this script (as per the documentation for pbm2ppa) to use as a filter in the printcap file:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> gs -sDEVICE=pbmraw -q -dNOPAUSE -r600 -sOutputFile=- - | \
> pbm2ppa - - |
>
> This file is saved as: /usr/local/bin/printps.filter. My printcap file reads:
>
> lp|hpdj720|HP Deskjet 720c:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hpdj720:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :if=/usr/local/bin/printps.filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
>
> The following is the output from "checkpc". Everything looks fine to my novice eyes. Any ideas on what I'm missing?
>
> Thanks, Dave
>
> ------------ being output from checkpc --------------
>
> LPRng version LPRng-3.6.12
> Checking for configuration files '//etc/lpd.conf'
> found '//etc/lpd.conf', mod 0100644
> Checking for printcap files '//etc/printcap'
> found '//etc/printcap', mod 0100644
> Checking for lpd only printcap files '//etc/lpd_printcap'
> DaemonUID 1, DaemonGID 7
> Using Config file '//etc/lpd.conf'
> LPD lockfile '/var/run/lprng/lpd.printer'
> Checking directory: '/var/run/lprng'
> directory '/var'
> directory '/var/run'
> directory '/var/run/lprng'
> checking '/var/run/lprng/lpd.printer' file
> Names
> :hpdj720=lp
> :lp=lp
> All
> :lp
> Printcap Information
> lp|hpdj720|HP Deskjet 720c
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct
> :if=/usr/local/bin/printps.filter
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs
> :lp=/dev/lp1
> :mx#0
> :pl#66
> :pw#80
> :px#1440
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hpdj720
> :sh
> Checking printcap info
> Checking printer 'lp'
> Checking directory: '/var/spool/lpd/hpdj720'
> directory '/var'
> directory '/var/spool'
> directory '/var/spool/lpd'
> directory '/var/spool/lpd/hpdj720'
> file 'control.lp', zero length file unchanged in 172 hours
> checking 'control.lp' file
> checking 'status.lp' file
> checking 'status' file
> cleaning 'status' file, 0 bytes long: no truncation
> checking '/var/log/lp-errs' file
> cleaning '/var/log/lp-errs' file, 0 bytes long: no truncation
> checking '/var/log/lp-acct' file
> cleaning '/var/log/lp-acct' file, 1 bytes long: no truncation
> 'if' filter '/usr/local/bin/printps.filter'
> executable '/usr/local/bin/printps.filter'
>
> *** Checking for client info ****
>
> Names
> :hpdj720=lp
> :lp=lp
> All
> :lp
> Printcap Information
> lp|hpdj720|HP Deskjet 720c
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct
> :if=/usr/local/bin/printps.filter
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs
> :lp=/dev/lp1
> :mx#0
> :pl#66
> :pw#80
> :px#1440
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hpdj720
> :sh
> Printer 'lp': lp@localhost
>
> ------------ end output from checkpc --------------
>
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