The culprit is TCP/IP. We finally installed ppr which can send print jobs to a printer from a linux box using Appletalk rather than TCP/IP and it worked. This was after much stuffing around with every other link in the printing chain.
lpr may still be a problem with it's aparaent inability to deal with binary data but TCP/IP is a definite problem. I do not know if LPRng can communitcate using Appletalk. On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, awcl wrote: > Hi Richard. > > I have the same problem. I tried all the triks on the book and finally I > thought I could hack lpr. The lpr documentation says the lpr cannot print > binary files. > You have to get LPRing or some commercial printing system for Linux. > I do not know place to get LPRing and I am not sure how that goes with Samba. > > > > If you get something going pls let me know.!!! > > Anil > > > Richard Wraith wrote: > > > We have a problem with binary PS files (primarily from Adobe applications > > like Photoshop, Illustrator etc) where they get corrupted on the way to > > the printer with the result that hundreds of pages spit out of the printer > > with a few random characters on them rather than one page of the desired > > print job. > > > > We think the problem lies in either netatalk or lpr or both. > > > > ASCII ps files print fine from all machines (Macs, PCs and Linux) > > > > We have very little trouble with files from PCs, but then our PCs do very > > little graphic work and hence are less likely to produce PS files with > > binary data buried inside. > > > > Has anyone any experience with this problem AND found a solution? > > > ----- Richard Wraith IT Co-ordinator Trinity College Parkville Melbourne Australia tel: +61-3-9349 0224 mobile: 0417 361 093 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
