>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Mar 6 08:12:27 2002 Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 11:12:19 -0500 To: Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Re: Serious problem printing
This is a MIME-encapsulated message. --------------168863706645762972066401 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We resolved the problem, however you might want to be aware. A LPR print job coming from a Win 2000 Advanced Server has a bug. Unpatched, the patch is available from MS, when the 2000 system sends the print job, it does NOT wait for an ACK. The jobs begin to collide and cuts off parts of jobs, entire jobs or over writes control files. John >> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Feb 13 15:19:50 2002 >> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 18:22:32 -0500 >> From: John Kimberly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Serious problem printing >> >> >> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. >> --------------73A8FE4F34B531AFD750B5AE >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >> >> We have been using LPRng for about 3 1/2 years now and have had no >> problem. We HAD and NT server running Seagate Crystal Reports sending >> jobs to the Linux server, which then routes the job the the printers. >> Last month, for example, we printed 20,000 jobs, consisting of nearly >> one milliion pages with no problem. >> >> The new Crystal Reports system was upgraded to Windows 2000 Advanced >> Server. >> >> We see jobs coming into the print queue, starting off as "tempXXX" >> files. Then, most of them, simply disappear, leaving only an "hfXXX". >> I have attached three files. Part of the error log, the tail output of >> an lpq, and the status file from the spool directory. >> >> Can you please give me some insight to this issue? >> >> Thanks, John > >Contact me at the number below. This is VERY odd. > >Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, >Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 > Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 >LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) > >> >> > >Your original email ended up in my Spam Collection Sack, and this >is not the best place for it. This could be due to that fact >that you sent it directly to me, or you sent it to the LPRng mailing >list and you were not subscribed to it. Or you might be trying to >beat the list security and were sending to lprng-owner and expecting >to spam the list :-) > >If you are subscribed to the mailing list, then you might have >sent it from a site or address different than the one that you >registered with. If the latter is the case and you want to post >from this address then send me, Patrick Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >email describing the problem with: > >LPRNGMAIL > >in the SUBJECT line so my junk mail purging system will not toss >it into the bit shredder (we shred our email for security reasons). > >In fact, if you have any problems with the list, send me email >with LPRNGMAIL in the header. > >The best way to get answers is via the LPRng mailing list, which >I peruse on a fairly frequent basis. > >To subscribe, send mail to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with the single line: > >subscribe > >in the body. > >This reply is sent by a semiautomatic system, and the real >person may be drinking coffee at the present time... >so my apologies for the one-size-fits-all message. > >Patrick Powell Astart Technologies, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] 9475 Chesapeake Drive, Suite D, >Network and System San Diego, CA 92123 > Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-279-8424 >LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) > --------------168863706645762972066401-- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
