Hi Ignacio,
you seem to run into some kind of ghostscript problem, the converted file
has 0 bites, that's why you don't get any output. Try the gs string on the
commandline and change it in the ifhp.conf as you need it...
hope this helps
best regards
~christoph
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On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, ignacio [iso-8859-15] josé wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm using the following packages: LPRng-3.8.12-1 and ifhp-3.5.8-1.
>
> I'm trying to print the example file 'testpage.ps'. I've shaped my
> printer, that is a Epson Stylus Color 600.
>
> When I run 'lpr testpage.ps' the LPRng makes his work. I know it because
> I've checked the process with the 'lpq -v' command. But later the document
> doesn't go to the printer; It is only written into the file '@DEVFD3'. Why
> doesn't it go to the printer?
> I know that the conversion process is well, because if I run 'cat @DEVFD3
> > /dev/lp0' I obtain the document in the printer.
>
> I'm using the following printcap file:
>
> Epson600|impresora|lp:
> :rw:lp=/dev/lp0
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/Epson600
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/Epson600/errs
> :filter=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp
> :ifhp=model=stc600pl.upp,status@
> :mx#0
> :ff_separator@
> :sh:
> :force_localhost
>
> Briefly, I'm obtaining the following lines when I run the lpq command:
>
> Status: waiting for subserver to exit at 13:28:14.008
> Status: subserver pid 1475 starting at 13:28:14.010
> Status: accounting at start at 13:28:14.010
> Status: opening device '/dev/lp0' at 13:28:14.028
> Status: printing job 'root@localhost+473' at 13:28:14.028
> Status: processing 'dfA473localhost.localdomain', size 260183, format 'f',
> IF filter 'ifhp' at 13:28:14.028
> Status: IF filter 'ifhp' filter finished at 13:28:18.565
> Status: printing finished at 13:28:18.565
> Status: accounting at end at 13:28:18.565
> Status: finished 'root@localhost+473', status 'JSUCC' at 13:28:18.565
> Status: subserver pid 1475 exit status 'JSUCC' at 13:28:18.566
> Status: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: job 'root@localhost+473' printed at
> 13:28:18.566
> Status: job 'root@localhost+473' saved at 13:28:18.566
>
> Filter_status: starting transfer at 01:22:33.660
> Filter_status: using model 'stc600pl.upp' at 13:28:14.119
> Filter_status: setting up printer at 13:28:14.120
> Filter_status: pagecounter 0 at 13:28:14.121
> Filter_status: sending job file at 13:28:14.121
> Filter_status: starting transfer at 13:28:14.121
> Filter_status: initial job type 'POSTSCRIPT' at 13:28:14.121
> Filter_status: decoded job type 'RAW' at 13:28:14.121
> Filter_status: job type 'RAW', converter '/usr/bin/gs -dSAFER
> -dPARANOIDSAFER -dBATCH -dNOPAUSE -q '-sOutputFile=@DEVFD3' 3>&1 1>&2
> -sPAPERSIZE=letter @stc600pl.upp -' at 13:28:14.121
> Filter_status: started CONVERTER- 'gs' at 13:28:14.122
> Filter_status: converter done, output 0 bytes at 13:28:18.564
> Filter_status: zero length conversion output at 13:28:18.564
> Filter_status: transferring 0 bytes at 13:28:18.564
> Filter_status: zero length job file at 13:28:18.564
> Filter_status: sent job file at 13:28:18.564
> Filter_status: pagecounter 0, pages 0 at 13:28:18.564
> Filter_status: done at 13:28:18.564
> Job: root@localhost+473 status= done
> Job: root@localhost+473 size= 260183
> Job: root@localhost+473 time= 0x3cfe03de
>
> What is wrong?
>
> Another thing. I think that the lpq command has a bug because, as you can
> see, the output is not in order. Furthermore, the output of a job is mixed
> with the output of other jobs.
>
> Thank you, and sorry for my poor english.
>
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