[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 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?
> >
> 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
>
Job looks like normal postscript. There is a ^D at the very end. Otherwise,
no other control characters. Here's a portion:
%!PS-Adobe-3.1^M <-------------------------------Start of job
%%Title: Printer Test Page^M
%%Creator: ADOBEPS4.DRV Version 4.40^M
%%CreationDate: 08/21/2000 08:41:39^M
.
. (Text deleted)
.
AdobePS_Win_Driver_Incr_L2 dup /terminate get exec^M
savelevel0 restore ^M
%%Pages: 1^M
(%%[ LastPage ]%%) = flush^M
%%TrailerLength: 2169^M
%%EOF^M
^D <--------------------------------- End of job (Note ^D)
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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
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