Dear Ken:
Have you ever considered having a fire in the output bin
of this printer? Or perhaps a small meteor strike it?
I am baffled and have no suggestions.
Patrick ("The HP2500 CM is on the bottom of my list right now") Powell
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 13 09:52:40 2000
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:45:34 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Ken Teh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: LPRng: HP2500CM and ifhp PostScript errors
>
> I recently posted a message about having problems printing to an HP 2500CM.
> I finally got it working by using the following setup
>
> :rp=raw
> :rm=printerIP
>
> instead of my usual
>
> :lp=printerIP%9100
> :ifhp=model=hp2500cm
>
> I prefer the latter setup since I can get progress report with lpq. In
> order to get the former working, I've been playing with the printer and have
> the following results. I'd appreciate it if somebody can deduce something
> about the printer and my setup.
>
> First, I put the
>
> :lp=printerIP%9100
> :rm=model=hp2500cm
>
> back in, and installed an entry in ifhp.conf. Btw, I'm running LPRng/ifhp =
> 3.6.12/3.3.9.
>
> [ hp2500cm ]
> ps
> pcl@
> pjl@
>
> The printer is hard set with personality=auto. And I have PS errors set, so
> the printer will eject a diagnostic page indicating the PostScript error.
>
> Case 1: ps,pcl@,pjl@
>
> Printer ejects the following:
> ERROR: syntax error
> OFFENDING COMMAND: %%[ echo: %2.0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ]%% ) prin
>
> Case 2: Same as case 1, but I fix the printer's personality to PostScript.
>
> lpq reports the printer as stalled; printer's LCD says 'Processing Job', but
> nothing comes out.
>
> Case 3: same as case 2, but I modify ifhp.conf by uncommenting the
> PostScript 3 statement
>
> false 0 startjob pop
>
> lpq reports the printer as stalled; printer' LCD says 'Processing Job', but
> nada.
>
> Case 4: ps,pjl@,pcl@,sync@, and I switch the printer personality back to
> auto and I comment out the PostScript 3 'false 0 startjob pop'.
>
> Printer ejects the following:
> ERROR: undefined
> OFFENDING COMMAND: ict
>
> Looks like part of statusd(ict)
>
> Case 5: Same as case 4, but pagecount@
>
> Printer prints the document, but prints it 3 times; lpq says 'getting end
> using ps' and I see multiple attempts at this. After the 3 copies, lpq says
>
> Status: removing job
> Filter status: no response from the printer.
>
>
> I did not try waitend@ since there was an explicit warning not to do this.
> But, if I understand what ifhp is trying to do, sync@, pagecount@, waitend@
> would essentially put me back to the setup
>
> :rp=raw
> :rm=printerIP
>
>
> Needless to say, the :lp=printerIP%9100 works for all my other HP printers
> defined in my printcap. One final observation: if I use sync, etc = pjl,
> lpq reports no response from the printer suggesting that the HP2500CM
> doesn't talk PJL.
>
> Kenneth Teh Email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Physics Division Tel 630.252.3073
> Argonne National Laboratory Fax 630.252.2864
> 9700 S. Cass Ave.
> Argonne, IL 60439
> USA
>
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