> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jun 15 04:37:30 2000
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:16:51 +0200
> Subject: LPRng: printing on a parallel port?
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I have been printing on a deskjet connected to my
> parallel port (on an SGI IRIX6.5 box)
> for ages (upto 3.6.13)
> But now 3.6.14 seems to hang, either
> just at the beginning or in between.
> I just get
>
> lpq -Pdjraw
> Printer: djraw@numa1 'Local Deskjet(PCL)'
> Queue: 1 printable job
> Server: pid 182351 active
> Unspooler: pid 182404 active
> Status: processing 'dfA387numa1.igpm.rwth-aachen.de', size 3609, format 'f', IF
>filter 'none - passthrough' at 12:01:36.426
> Rank Owner/ID Class Job Files Size Time
> stalled(205sec) jarausch@numa1+387 A 387 PRINTcrlf 3609 12:01:36
>
>
> Here is the corresponding printcap entry
>
> djraw
> :cm=Local Deskjet(PCL)
> :sd=/var/spool/dj_local:mx#0:sf:sh:
> :lp=/dev/plp
>
> And that are the permission on /dev/plp
> ls -l /dev/plp
> lrwxr-xr-x 1 root sys 16 Feb 12 1999 /dev/plp -> /hw/parallel/plp
>
> ls -Ll /dev/plp
> crw-rw-rw- 1 root sys 0,185 Jun 15 12:14 /dev/plp
>
> A direct 'cp' to the port works just fine, so there's no hardware
> problem.
>
> Is that a problem with 3.6.14 or do I miss something?
>
> Thanks for any hints
>
> Helmut Jarausch
>
> Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik
> Institute of Technology, RWTH Aachen
> D 52056 Aachen, Germany
I am unable to reproduce this here. Could you do the following
and then try this again, and then send me the log file?
lpc debug djdraw 4
lpr -Pdjdraw some.file.to.print
I will work on this ASAP, so the faster I get this the faster
I will fix it.
Patrick
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