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Re: [TCLUG:2119] Print Piping Problem
You can ignore most or all of my last post. I found out that lpr works
fine for printing postscript docs (via `cat postscript.ps |lpr -Plibe`) --
I'm still testing my filter setup now. If someone knows a good filter
setup, please e-mail me, but I think I'll figure it out with trial and
error and a little cheating with printool's automatic setup.
Ben
On Sun, 8 Nov 1998 lueyb@carleton.edu wrote:
> I'm trying to setup lpr to print to a remote printer via npfs's nprint
> (it's a netware printer). If I run
>
> nprint -S server -q printer postscriptfile.ps
>
> it prints fine. I followed the printing how-to for printing to netware
> printers, but it doesn't work:
>
> /etc/printcap looks like:
>
> ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet4 600x600 letter {} LaserJet4 Default {}
> libe:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sh:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/libe:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/libe/printlibe:\
> :mx#0:\
>
> for this printer and /var/spool/lpd/libe/printlibe is just:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> nprint -S ETIENNE -q LIBE_LAB -U lueyb.l.stu.acad.carleton -P password -
>
> When I do a test page with printtool or run "cat something.txt | lpr
> -Plibe"
>
> I get no messages and nothing comes out of the printer.
>
> I think the problem is that nprint is accepting the pipe correctly. I
> documentation for nprint doesn't mention the last "-" that was in the
> printing how-to; but when I removed it the command "cat test.txt
> |/var/spool/lpd/libe/printlibe" returned "usage: nprint [options] file"
> now when I run /var/spool/lpd/libe/printlibe it waits for input until I
> press control-D. Yet nothing prints.
>
> Could something be wrong with my filter? /etc/printcap doesn't have
> one for the printer, do I need one or doesn't netware printing take
> care of that. If not, how do I set that up? Any ideas on how to
> diagnose the problem? Thanks,
>
> Ben
>
>
> --
> Ben Luey
> lueyb@carleton.edu
> ICQ: 19144397
>
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Ben Luey
lueyb@carleton.edu
ICQ: 19144397
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