I have a networked (via a dumb printserver) hp deskjet that I am trying to configure to work with both linux and Windoze, through a linux server. The reason I want to route the Windoze jobs throught the linux server is to take advantage of a print queue. The dumb printserver doesn't provide a print queue, so whenever competing Windoze clients try to print, all but one of them is locked out. My hope is that I can establish a print queue on the linux server which can store and forward the Windoze print jobs as the printer is able to accept them. I would also like to be able to print to the deskjet from the linux server itself. I am using apsfilter and a2ps to interface between lpr and the printer. My current configuration (which doesn't quite work) is as follows: raw890 the printer that the Windoze clients talk to; no apsfilter filtering; forwards to int890 dj890 the printer that the linux server talks to; uses apsfilter filtering; forwards to int890 int890 the printcap entry for the dumb remote network printserver supporting the hp890 My thought was that both raw890 and dj890 would feed into the single remote printer int890, and separately manage their own queues (i.e., one for Windoze, one for linux). The forwarding process is not being done via a bounce queue, because apsfilter doesn't seem to work with them; instead, I'm using an apsfilter feature where I specify REMOTE_PRINTER in an lpr.conf file. What happens with this setup when competing jobs arrive is that the second job gets stalled and "never" prints (never = ~10 minutes). I can force the second job to print by issuing an lpc kill dj890 job-id# command. Interestingly (to me, at least) is that there are never any queued jobs in the /var/spool/lpd/int890 directory. Any help would be appreciated. Thanx in advance! - Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
