I have had the same problem in the past. One foolproof way to do it instead is to do lp=/dev/null, and then ifhp=dev=hp2100tn%9100.
I've never had trouble with this, and this is my primary means to print to laser printers. ---- _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ |Y#| | | |\/| | \ |\ | | | Ryan Novosielski - Jr. UNIX Systems Admin |$&| |__| | | |__/ | \| _| | [EMAIL PROTECTED] - 973/972.0922 (2-0922) \__/ Univ. of Med. and Dent. | IST/ACS - New Jersey Medical School - C630 On Thu, 13 Feb 2003, Danial Howard wrote: > I have built LPRng and ifhp on an HP-UX 11i system. When I configure a > queue like below, it prints fine if the job is postscript or pcl. If > the job is a plain text file (/etc/profile), it has no carriage > returns and runs off the rhs of the paper. > > .common: > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P > :mx=0:mc=0 > cc_testlan_1:tc=.common:lp=hp2100tn%9100 > > When I change the printcap to use ifhp like this, the job just hangs > in the queue. > > cc_testlan_1:tc=.common:lp=hp2100tn%9100 > :filter=/opt/lprng/libexec/filters/ifhp > :ifhp=model=hp2100 > > The problem remains when I disable the ifhp status option. I've turned > on debug=3, and used lpstat with verbose output and am not sure what > to look for. > > The strange part is that ifhp works good on it's own. The source code > has a README.TESTING file that I followed. I can call ifhp directly > with an input file and it will send output directly to the printer. > LPRng works without ifhp. Together, they are broken. > > When building LPRng, I noticed a curious option on the cc comand line: > cc -DDEVFD0=\"DEVFD0\" ... > > Is DEVFD0 representing stdin? Is this my problem? > > Will someone help me? What info do you need? > > -- > Danial M. Howard > IT Systems Programmer, Computing and Communications > Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
