> > > if however I try
> > >
> > > lpr -Phylafax -J <number> /etc/hosts
> > >
> > > I get tons of blank pages created to send (approx 30)
> > >
> > > I thought that CUPS was supposed to sort out the conversion of simple
> > > text files to whatever format is required?
> > >
> > > Peter
> >
> > The problem is in CUPS, although there might be a missing parameter in
> > hylafax.ppd that would correct it. I've captured the Postscript file
> > that's
> > generated before sendfax is called, and it's garbage if the file queued
> > was a
> > text file. CUPS is calling 'texttops' and 'pstops' (see the log file
> > /var/log/cups/error_log). I plan to look into this, but it might be
> > several
> > days before I can get to it. If you find out anything, please let me
> know.
> Thanks.
> I might get some time to look at it tomorrow, but I am clearing out my
> to do's as I am on holiday from Thursday.
> All the best
> Peter
Well, some things sit on the back burner for a long time. But I have found
the problem. There were parameters missing from the 'hylafax.ppd' file (see
attached).
If you replace the file /usr/share/cups/model/hylafax.ppd, the change won't be
seen unless you delete the printer, and re-install it, since the working file
is in /etc/cups/ppd. If you replace the file in /etc/cups/ppd, just restart
the CUPS daemon, and it'll get used (actually, I think the daemon might not
need to get restarted).
*PPD-Adobe: "4.3"
*FormatVersion: "4.3"
*FileVersion: "1.0"
*LanguageVersion: English
*LanguageEncoding: ISOLatin1
*PCFileName: "HYLAFAX.PPD"
*Manufacturer: "HylaFAX"
*Product: "HylaFAX"
*cupsFilter: "application/vnd.cups-postscript 0 -"
*cupsVersion: 1.1
*cupsManualCopies: True
*ModelName: "HylaFAX"
*ShortNickName: "HylaFAX"
*NickName: "HylaFAX"
*PSVersion: "(3010.000) 550"
*LanguageLevel: "3"
*ColorDevice: False
*FaxSupport: Base
*FileSystem: False
*Throughput: "1"
*TTRasterizer: Type42
*LandscapeOrientation: Plus90
*VariablePaperSize: False
*OpenUI *Resolution/Fax Resolution: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 10 AnySetup *Resolution
*DefaultResolution: 204x196dpi
*Resolution 204x196dpi/204�196 dpi (high resolution): ""
*Resolution 204x98dpi/204�98 dpi (low resolution): ""
*CloseUI: *Resolution
*OpenUI *PageSize/Media Size: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 0 AnySetup *PageSize
*DefaultPageSize: Letter
*PageSize A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Letter/US Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageSize Legal/US Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*CloseUI: *PageSize
*DefaultPageRegion: A4
*PageRegion A4/A4: "<</PageSize[595 842]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Letter/US Letter: "<</PageSize[612 792]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*PageRegion Legal/US Legal: "<</PageSize[612 1008]/ImagingBBox null>>setpagedevice"
*DefaultImageableArea: A4
*ImageableArea Letter/US Letter: "18 36 594 756"
*ImageableArea Legal/US Legal: "18 36 594 972"
*ImageableArea A4/A4: "18 36 577 806"
*DefaultPaperDimension: A4
*PaperDimension A4: "595 842"
*PaperDimension Letter: "612 792"
*PaperDimension Legal: "612 1008"
*OpenUI *Dial/Dial Method: PickOne
*OrderDependency: 30 AnySetup *Dial
*DefaultDial: JobName
*Dial JobName/Job Name: ""
*Dial Manually/Manually: ""
*Dial Option/Option (obsolete): ""
*CloseUI: *Dial
*DefaultFont: Courier
*Font AvantGarde-Book: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-BookOblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-Demi: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font AvantGarde-DemiOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-Demi: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-DemiItalic: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-Light: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Bookman-LightItalic: Standard "(001.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Bold: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-BoldOblique: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Courier-Oblique: Standard "(002.004S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-BoldOblique: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Narrow-Oblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font Helvetica-Oblique: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Bold: Standard "(001.009S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Italic: Standard "(001.006S)" Standard ROM
*Font NewCenturySchlbk-Roman: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Bold: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Italic: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Palatino-Roman: Standard "(001.005S)" Standard ROM
*Font Symbol: Special "(001.007S)" Special ROM
*Font Times-Bold: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-BoldItalic: Standard "(001.009S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Italic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font Times-Roman: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*Font ZapfChancery-MediumItalic: Standard "(001.007S)" Standard ROM
*% What follows is a pseudo-Foomatic driver to enable graphical
*% specification of the phone number. Only the phone number is listed
*% as option. It won't be used by Foomatic anyway.
*%
*% COMDATA #$VAR1 = {
*% COMDATA # 'args_byname' => {
*% COMDATA # 'phone' => {
*% COMDATA # 'name' => 'phone',
*% COMDATA # 'type' => 'string',
*% COMDATA # 'comment' => 'Target Fax Number',
*% COMDATA # 'default' => ''
*% COMDATA # }
*% COMDATA # },
*% COMDATA # 'model' => 'HylaFaxmodem',
*% COMDATA # 'comment' => 'HylaFaxmodem driver',
*% COMDATA # 'make' => 'HylaFaxmodem',
*% COMDATA # 'color' => '0'
*% COMDATA #};
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