Can you tell me what the slight difference is? Patrick
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Jul 26 08:16:33 2003 > Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 07:17:31 -0700 > From: Akop Pogosian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LPRng: The dreadful 79.00FE HP 8150 error > > On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 04:57:54PM -0700, Akop Pogosian wrote: > > This is not exactly LPRng related. I have run into a Windows NT 4 > > system that reliably brings up the 79.00FE error on HP8150 printer > > which requires to power-cycle the printer every time it happens. The > > print jobs are sent from the NT4 system to a Samba server which then > > forwards them to LPRng. The NT4 system has the latest HP8150DN > > postscript driver installed (dating from 1999). I have managed to > > configure Samba so that it just saves the file instead of forwarding > > it to LPRng. If I try to print this file directly, bypassing the LPRng > > print server using the "lightweight" mode of LPRng's lpr command, it > > still "bluescreens" the printer. This happens with everything that the > > NT4 system attempts to print. The output file seems to contain PJL > > commands. I could post the file if anyone is interested. The printer > > has the latest HP firmware version, 20021010 MB7.109, that I could > > find on HP's web site. Does anyone know a solution to this problem? > > > > > > -akop > > I have found an unexpected work-around to this problem after spending > several hours looking into it. After updating the printer and > jetdirect firmware to the latest versions, printing the sample file > using the lpr in lightweight mode does not "bluescreen" the printer > any more. However, if I send the job normally through the LPRng print > server, 79.00FE error comes up again. While tinkering with various > LPRng options, I stumbled upon this observation. If I create another > queue but with a slightly different name than the one that results in > printer displaying the 79.00FE error, the document prints fine. For > example, the queue for this printer is called hp3 and it results in > 79.00FE error. If I create a queue that's identically setup but with a > name "hp3test", the file prints just fine. "hp3s" also works. The same > holds true for our "hp1" queue. (e.g. if I rename it into hp1s or > hp1test, file prints fine). > > I was really puzzled by this and decided to run snoop to capture the > communication between the printer and printserver when using hp3 and > hp3test queue. I have actually gone through each captured packet and > compared the data sent to the printer port. It's all identical except > that at the very beginning LPRng sends a print job control information > string that's -slightly- different (and contains the name "hp3" > instead of "hp3test") and this somehow causes the printer to die. Note > that this is happening only with the files that come out of the NT4 > system. The files printed by the unix users seem to print just fine on > either queue. Amazing, isn't it? Anyways, for now I just pointed > samba to the queue with a changed name and things seem to work fine. I > also noticed that the same problem can't be reproduced with our newer > (about 1 year old or newer) HP8150 printer. It turns out that the > newer printers have a -different- jetdirect card version than our > older 8150s and it uses a firmware version that's incompatible with > the older HP LJ8150s. Who knows, maybe the newer HP LJ8510s have a > somewhat less crash prone JetDirect card? > > > -akop > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
