The Case of the Extra Page (continued)
My new Debian 2.2 system is still printing an extra page when it prints
documents from my wife's Win95 box using Samba over the network.
Here are the facts:
1) The printer is an HP 5MP with native PostScript.
2) The Debian 2.2 box is an AST 166MHz Pentium which also boots (and
formerly ran) SuSE 6.1. This box serves as my Internet gateway, print and
Samba server for my home network.
3) I have configured my printer on Debian with apsfilter. Here is the
/etc/printcap:
raw|lp3|PS_600dpi-letter-raw|PS_600dpi auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-raw/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-PS_600dpi-letter-raw:\
:la:mx#0:\
:sh:sf:
4) I have also configured my printer on SuSE with apsfilter. Here is the
/etc/printcap:
raw|lp3|PS_600dpi-letter-raw|PS_600dpi letter raw:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/PS_600dpi-letter-raw/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/PS_600dpi-letter-raw:\
:la:mx#0:\
:sh:sf:
5) I use the identical print setup on the Win95 system when I print booted
in Debian as when I print booted in SuSE.
6) When I print booted in SuSE, I _do not_ get an extra page printed. When
I print booted in Debian, I do get an extra page printed.
7) I formerly had the printer configured with magicfilter. Here is the
/etc/printcap:
lp|hplj5mp|HP LJ 5MP:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj5mp:\
:sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/ps600-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
8) Using the magicfilter setup, in addition to the extra page I got when
printing from the Win95 box, I also got an extra page when printing from a
Red Hat box also connected to the network. Using apsfilter, I do not get
the extra page from the Red Hat box.
Thanks in advance for any ideas about how to eliminate the extra page
print.
Dwight
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Dwight Johnson
dwj@aaronsrod.com
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