On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Micah J. Garside-White wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, John Perkins wrote:
>
> > > I am currently trying to get an Apple LaserWrite 12/640 PS to
> > > print text files over the network. Currently the job will die silently.
> > > When I ran the text file through ifhp to see what came out I found that it
> > > created a postscript file with "^D" at the beginning and end of the
> > > document. After I deleted the "^D"'s from the file the file printed. I
> > > also have run the file through a2ps, the filter ifhp uses, and the output
> > > was a straight post script file. I believe that this is an error in ifhp
> > > and that the "^D" at the beginning causes the printer to believe that
> > > there is nothing to print. Is this correct, amd if so how can I fix it?
> > > The printer is able to print out anything but text, thus I believe that
> > > the printcap is correctly set up.
> >
> > You may want to try running ifhp with -Tps_eoj_at_start@ to disable the ^D at
> > the beginning of the job. Look for "ps_eoj" in ifhp.conf to see what your
> > "default" policy about adding ^D characters.
> >
> > We run without any ^D characters appended to jobs, which seems to work just
> > fine with our Apple printers.
> >
>
> Thank you, this does seem to help a bit. Now I can run a text
> file through ifhp and get a post script file that will print on the 12/640
> PS. Unfortunately when I try to run the lpr comand with the flag
> modifications the job still dies quietly. Any other possibilities?
You don't want to run 'lpr -Tps_eoj_at_start@ file'. You should modify
your printcap file to add that flag to the ifhp line. For example:
:ifhp=model=apple,ps_eoj_at_start@
Basically, add ps_eoj_at_start@ to whatever is already on your ifhp line
for that printer in the printcap file.
Andy
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