Tim,
I had similar problems myself with our Lexmark Optra T616 & T622's.
In the end I did the following and it worked a charm:
1. In printcap, I added:
:ifhp=model=lexmark4039:\
so that the printers would use the lexmark4039 model info. Why?
Here's the relevant section from ifhp.conf:
[ lexmark4039 ]
pcl@
pjl@
ps
ps_init=[ sync ]
ps_sync=
serverdict begin 0 exitserver
statusdict begin true setenginesync end
ps_async=
serverdict begin 0 exitserver
statusdict begin false setenginesync end
This sets up the printer to only accept postscript (and not pcl/pjl).
But the real key are the ps_sync lines. It means that when you
see "Filter_status: getting end using 'ps'" it will actually wait
for the correct status code from the printer before it continues.
Previously, it would (as you describe) just declare end of job
had been detected as soon as the job started printing.
Your mileage may vary, and the actual technique you need to use
may differ from what I describe (please post your solution if you
get it working). However, hopefully this gives you a prod in the
right direction.
Regards,
Ashley
--
Ashley Smith, Systems Programmer, Information Technology Services Division
Deakin University Geelong Victoria 3217 Australia.
>Hi folks -- I'm having a nasty problem with "waitend" in ifhp. (3.5.1
>0)
>
>It appears that the printers (HP LJ5m, 8000, 8100, all PS) are return
>ing EOJ
>as soon as the job is finished processing, not after the last page ha
>s been
>ejected. This royally fscks up the pagecounts for my accounting proje
>ct.
>
>I've tried waitend=ps and =pcl, with no better (sometimes worse) resu
>lts.
>I haven't yet tried waitend via SNMP for fear of overimplementing an
>otherwise
>simple project.
>
>I dislike the idea of pagecount polling -- I'd like to keep jobs queu
>ed up on
>the printer and keep it churning as continuously as possible.
>
>Any ideas?
>
>Tim
>
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>Department of Mathematics, University of Maryland Tel (301)405-8175
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