Dear Printer-Strugglers,
I have a problem with some extra lines of "reprobation" that ifhp seems
to add to a print job. The basic problem: printing a .ps file.
I shall state my scenarios, and then state my system.
Scenario 1: I add the line ":/tmp/out" to my /etc/printcap. This causes
lpr to send the processed .ps file to /tmp/out. I do this, and then
run "file /tmp/out"; I am told that /tmp/out is a PCL file, which is good,
since my printer is a lovely old HP LaserJet series II, state of the art
in 1989<g>. But when I "tail" /tmp/out, I get:
Unrecoverable error:
invalidfileaccess in w
Operand stack:
%stdout
And when I cat /tmp/out to /dev/lp0, my printer, I get a lovely printout of
my .ps file, and then an extra single sheet of paper, with the word
"%stdout" printed on the upper RH side.
Scenario 2: I use an old script that I have had for many years. Its
operative line is:
gs -q -sDEVICE=laserjet -sPAPERSIZE=letter -dNOPAUSE -dSAFER
-sOutputFile='/tmp/$1.READY.TO.PRINT' $1
"$1" is, of course, the .ps file that I want to print.
After running this script, I get, in /tmp/, a file "...READY.TO.PRINT". It
is, like /tmp/out, a PCL file. But I have no ugly error message appended
when I "tail" it. And when I cat /tmp/"$1".READY.TO.PRINT to /dev/lp0
I get the lovely printout of my .ps file, but no extra sheet of paper.
In contrasting the two scenarios, it seems to me that there is, perhaps,
a bug in the ifhp SW. But I cannot of course make this judgment without
having a much greater knowledge of the the ifhp/lprng process than I
at present do. I hope very much that people on this E-list more knowledgeable
than I can make suggestions that will help me resolve this difficulty.
Finally, the details about my system: I'm running Debian Woody, LPRNG-3.7.4,
ifhp-3.4.7, and gs 7.0. As stated above, my printer is a (rebuilt)
HP LaserJet series II, which has worked fine in the past; and the appropriate
gs device really does seem to be "laserjet".
I append my /etc/printcap below.
I would be most grateful for any suggestions.
Best wishes,
Alan McConnell
(start of printcap)--------------------------------------
## The Super Quick Guide to LPRng Printcaps
## Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
## 23 Dec 2000
# VERSION=3.7.4
#
# Alan copied this from the LPRng printcap.in file, and followed
# the directions given in this file. I've deleted all but
# the operative commands. The documentation is in printcap.DOCUM
#
# Alan got rid of the .common in this file(see printcap.DOCUM)
lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P
:force_localhost
:lp=/dev/lp0
:sh:sf:mx=0:mc=0
# lp:lp=/dev/lp0:tc=.common:server
:filter=/root/bin/ifhp
:ifhp=model=gs_laserjet
# :lp=/tmp/out
# Last line of printcap
-------------------------------------(end of printcap)
--
Alan McConnell An interesting article by Bill Moyers, from "The
Pixel Analysis Nation", is to be found, with other good stuff, on
patriot.net/~alan my web site -- Click on "Public Policy"
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