You didn't mention any information in your printer log file.

I see that you are using a "magic filter". This is another way of saying
black box. What kind of print job does the iBook send? Usually, linux
doesn't filter jobs for windows clients, but simply sends them straight
through to the printer, assuming that the client has already filtered
the job.  That is, they don't try to filter them.

Turn off the printer, print a job from the iBook, and look in
sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser for files beginning with ldf or some similar
prefix.  That should be your print job, as it was sent to lpd. Use "file"
to see the format that has been sent by the iBook. If it is data, your
"magic filter" may not try to do anything with it.

Are you sure your iBook client is using this queue?

Joel



On Mon, Feb 11, 2002 at 04:37:35PM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I post this question at several places, no answer yet.  Is it so trivial
> that nobody would bother?   Please help.
> 
> On Thursday, February 7, 2002, at 05:42  PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> >> I am running LPRng 3.8.2 on Debian/Linux as print server for a MacOS X
> >> iBook.  Currently lpd pass the print job (postscript) directly to the 
> >> printer and not through the filter first.  Local print job works fine.
> >>
> >> I could not figure it out from the manual.  Following is my printcap;
> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> # This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig.
> >> #
> >>
> >> laser|lp|HP LJ 1100:
> >>         :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:
> >>         :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:
> >>         :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljet4-filter:
> >>         :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> Adding a ":filter= " line did not help.
> 
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