Recently I compiled LPRng 3.5.3 on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.6, and setup a printcap file that points to a remote print server for the few print queues I've...
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Yuji Shinozaki
yuji@...
Feb 1, 1999 11:27 pm
Looks like it is connecting to a non-LPRng lpd when you query for 'all'. Do you have lpd or Solaris lp running on the local machine? Try specifying the...
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papowell@...
Feb 2, 1999 12:09 am
... The LPC command uses extensions to the RFC1179 print protocol. These are only suppored by LPRng print servers. If you try to do lpc status all then the...
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Kenneth Lareau
elessar@...
Feb 2, 1999 6:26 pm
In message <199902012047.MAA17911@...>, papowell@... writ ... Just to make certain I understand this, if one is not on the print server...
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Gerhard Schneider
gs@...
Feb 2, 1999 7:35 pm
... But the host HAS only ONE FDQN. It has only TWO IP-addresses. So a host computername brings: computername has address xx.xx.xx.xx computername has address...
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Hans-Juergen Bergmann
hbergman@...
Feb 2, 1999 8:54 pm
Hello List, I need a few very good arguments, why it is safer to spool NT - Printjobs to LPRng and not the other way around. OK, we all know that NT sucks for...
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papowell@...
Feb 3, 1999 6:09 am
... You can then set (in the printcap) all:all=pr1,pr2,..... This overrides the whimpy printcap file scan....
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papowell@...
Feb 3, 1999 6:11 am
... 1. Try do do remote management of the NT print spools. You can't. 2. Watch your NT print jobs go into the ether, with no error messages or tracking...
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Mike Whitson
mwhitson@...
Feb 3, 1999 11:04 am
... This does seem to mostly work. (I discovered the Check_for_missing_files() helper function, which seems to do exactly what I want as far as writing the...
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Michael Martinez
mikem@...
Feb 3, 1999 2:19 pm
I installed LPRng. My print filter is the one that comes with rhs-printfilters in the linux distribution. I've got my printcap line set to...
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Michael Ewan
mikeew@...
Feb 3, 1999 6:46 pm
Can the LPRng server lookup the address and get back the same hostname for each IP, does each IP have a proper PTR record in DNS? On the print server machine...
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John Ireland
john.ireland@...
Feb 3, 1999 7:47 pm
I use LPRng on a print server which should ideally be available by lpd, samba and appletalk (papd from netatalk?). I also need to record a notional 'user' who...
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Toby Herring
therring@...
Feb 3, 1999 7:48 pm
Post the appropriate section of your printcap file. It will make it easier to determine the exact cause of the problem. I had similar problems when I first...
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alek@...
Feb 3, 1999 11:14 pm
... Actually, we hack around that a bit (spell that B-I-G H-A-C-K! ;-) There is a command on the NT machines called "ntp.exe" that allows one misc. control...
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Michael Martinez
mikem@...
Feb 4, 1999 7:41 am
All right I installed CTI and got the filter working on a print server that's serves a HP Laserjet6. I made an identical install on my other printer server,...
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Tomer Kol
tkol@...
Feb 4, 1999 11:50 am
Hi, I'm trying to get accounting working for a parallel port HP 5MP on Linux. I'm using the original kernel 2.2.1 (no *-1284 patch, just an increased udelay()...
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Flemming Danielsen
flda01@...
Feb 4, 1999 2:56 pm
Hello I have problems printing POSTSCRIPT on Hp4 I am using CTI-ifhp filters and DirectNet (port 9100), below is my configuration in the printcap file. The ...
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Richard Hart USG
hart@...
Feb 4, 1999 7:28 pm
I am just now trying to build LPRng to run on DIGITAL UNIX (now COMPAQ Tru64 UNIX) and I have run into a problem that I don't find documented anywhere, so far....
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Michael Martinez
mikem@...
Feb 4, 1999 8:53 pm
When I send a latex file, it generates an output page saying that this type is not supported. Why doesn't it treat it as ASCII? The start of the file is simply...
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Jeff Haskovec
jeffh@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:49 pm
I am running LPRng-3.5.3 under linux. The print filter is CTI-ifhp-2.2.8. I have a locally attached printer an HP Laserjet 6MP. It was working fine up until...
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papowell@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:50 pm
... Well, there is ANOTHER option, which I hate to suggest, but can be done. If you have the right version of LPRng, then there are some magic options: ...
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papowell@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:53 pm
... 1. use: echo Hellow>/tmp/file ... ifhp -Tdev=/tmp/d,trace_on_stderr,debug=2 </tmp/file Look at the /tmp/d file. Is it 'pretty' ? or 'pretty ugly' ? good....
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papowell@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:55 pm
... Try the following: #force clients to send to server l119|network:lp=l119@server_ip_address #server uses filters, etc. l119|network:server ... Patrick...
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papowell@...
Feb 4, 1999 10:59 pm
... Can you do a diff -c and show me where you made the change? Q1. WHY did you need to do a sleep. If you are calling 'Read_status_line' then 'select'...
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papowell@...
Feb 4, 1999 11:46 pm
... Try the following. # force clients to send to server lp:lp=lp@serverhost # server uses filters lp:server ... Patrick Powell Astart...
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papowell@...
Feb 4, 1999 11:46 pm
... Apparently the LPD server is not seeing the printcap information. Did you shut it down and restart it after doing the install? ... Patrick Powell...
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Jeff Gostin
jgostin@...
Feb 5, 1999 12:44 am
... Note the ':' at the end of the 'sd' line, and also at the beginning of the 'lp' line. In essence, that's 'sd', then a blank option, then 'lp'. Remember,...
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Denis Rousseau
denisr@...
Feb 5, 1999 2:57 am
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yu ju
yju2@...
Feb 5, 1999 9:03 am
Hi, How is the printcap file looked up? On my local machine, the lpd.conf looks like: printcap_path /etc/printcap.%h:/etc/printcap But there are no such...
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Tim Waugh
twaugh@...
Feb 5, 1999 1:54 pm
... select() is not yet implemented for the printer device. I imagine it should have failed. ... Yes. ... Linux ... I thought I'd better listen in to this...
