we've been having reoccuring problems when sending troff output
to one hp 4xxx printer, but not an hp 5xxxx. the error message
from the printer is
minooka; cat log/prlisa.st
printer startup
%[ status: idle ]%
8192 sent
%[ status: busy ]%
16384 sent
%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: _y ]%
as it turns out, there is no such string _y in the entire output sent to
the printer. even after aux/download has processed the fonts. if
i don't use download to process fonts
cat /sys/lib/lp/prob/prlisa/123567.1 |aux/tcpostio -b81920
tcp!printer!9100
the printer will print, but the output is ugly. if i try to run the font
processor,
aux/download -f -H/sys/lib/postscript/font -mfontmap -plw+
</sys/lib/lp/prob/prlisa/123567.1 |
aux/tcpostio -b81920 tcp!printer!9100
i get the same error as before. oddly, if i chage the -b option (which claims
to be the
"baud" rate, but seems to be a blocksize), the offending string and the
offending location
change.
it seems like tcpostio is doing something with the protocol that one of
the printers doesn't like. any ideas?
- erik
