Re: [TCLUG:17991] LPRng goofiness

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

add this to your printcap.. it will help lots with LPRng and HP jetdirect
boxes.. :send_data_first  hp jetdirect cards don't use fully compliant BSD
printing.. lpr and lprng will goof up sending sometimes.. and the printer
just won't accept jobs.  send_data_first will fix most of those problems

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

*-----------------------*  [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ]
| Unix/Linux Consulting |  [ Haiku Error Message:          ]
|  PC/Mac Repair        |  [  Chaos reigns within.         ]
|   Networking          |  [  Reflect, repent, and reboot. ]
| http://nerp.net       |  [  Order shall return.          ]
*-----------------------*  [ - * - * - * - * - * - * - * - ]

 "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Timothy Wilson wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> It's been said network printing the bane of the admin's existence. I must
> say that I whole-heartedly agree. My stupid printer gives me more grief than
> everything else combined.
> 
> I'm using LPRng on my print server, printing to an HP4000 PS printer with a
> JetDirect card. This was working a few days ago, but now seems hosed. When I
> try to print something from the commandline on the server, I get:
> 
> [wilsont@thales wilsont]$ lpr .bashrc
> Status Information:
>  sending job 'wilsont@thales+676' to missingprinter@localhost 
>  connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 
>  connected to 'localhost' 
>  requesting printer missingprinter@localhost 
>  error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending str '^Bmissingprinter' to 
> missingprinter@localhost 
>  job 'wilsont@thales+676' transfer to missingprinter@localhost failed           
> 
> I went and looked. The printer is most certainly not missing. It's right
> where I left it. :-)
> 
> Anybody got a heads-up on this for me? BTW, here's my printcap:
> 
> [wilsont@thales wilsont]$ cat /etc/printcap 
> # This is the printcap entry for thales to print on the HP4000. 
> # Spooling software is LPRng in /usr/local/src
>  
> lp|hp4000
>   :server
>   :lp=10.22.100.76%9100
>   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4000
>   :if=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
>   :of=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
>   :mv=0:sh:sf                                                                   
> 
> Later,
> Tim
> 
> --
> wilson@visi.com
> 
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe@mn-linux.org
> For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help@mn-linux.org
>