> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Aug 18 14:20:59 2000
> Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:19:06 -0400
> From: "Damian, G. C. (Gerald)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: Postscript Errors on Tek Phaser 850 using AppSocket
>
> Everyone,
>
> I'm seeing problem with postscipt jobs sent from Win98 PCs printed
> through our spooler to Tek Phasers 850DP/850DX using APPsocket. My
> setup is:
>
> Win98--(Samba)-->Spooler------(APPsocket)-->Tek Phaser 850
> PC LPRng-3.6.22
> ifhp-3.3.19
>
> The printer test page from the PC generates a text page, a blank
> page, and postscipt error of the form:
>
> ERROR: ioerror
> OFFENDING COMMAND: flush
>
> STACK:
>
> There's a pause between the first and subsequent pages like the
> printer is timing out.
>
> However, postscipt jobs and text jobs print from Unix just fine.
> I don't understand what's going on. I get no errors out of LPRng
> or ifhp. Here's my printcap:
>
> pr25955
> :cm=Tek Phaser 850DP/APPsocket Prasad/Hendershot Office 2115 SRL
> :db=1,network,database,receive
> :lp=/dev/null
> :sd=/usr/spool/lpd/pr25955
> :ifhp=model=phaser850,dev=pr25955.srl.ford.com%9100,pagecount@,status@
> :filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
>
> Printing directly to the 850 using APPsocket from the PC actually works.
> They must be doing something I'm not. I'm about ready to haul out my
> sniffer... Any ideas?
>
> --
> Jerry Damian | Ford Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ford Motor Co./RCS Dept. | Internet Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> SRL MD 1074 RM 1116 | ph: (313)32-38347 fax: (313)39-04865
> Dearborn, MI 48121-2053 | my opinions != Ford's opinions or policy
OK, here what you do:
# > lpc stop spooler
Print a job from the PC
Now look at the data file. Save the data file in, say /tmp/bad.ps
Examine the data file carefully. Are they any buried ^D or other
things in there? Is it binary data?
Patrick Powell
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