Folks,
I have tried and tried to print to a Jet Direct printer from Red Hat
Linux 6.2. I've applied the latest updates and everything, but it won't
work.
I've configured it as a DIRECT printer (I've also tried DIRECT/lpd) with
the correct IP and port using printtool. I can telnet to this port and
get data to print, but lpr doesn't print anything -- the job just
dissapears after lpd thinks it was printed. I tracked this down to a
missing print filter in /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters. The filter used
by the print queue's filter script checks PRINTER_TYPE and refers to a
print filter called directprint. Here's an excerpt:
FPIDIR=/usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/
.. ..
.. ..
if [ "$PRINTER_TYPE" = "SMB" ]; then
bestpath="$bestpath | ${FPIDIR}/smbprint ${SPOOLDIR}/acct"
elif [ "$PRINTER_TYPE" = "NCP" ]; then
bestpath="$bestpath | ${FPIDIR}/ncpprint ${SPOOLDIR}/acct"
elif [ "$PRINTER_TYPE" = "DIRECT" ]; then
bestpath="$bestpath | ${FPIDIR}/directprint ${SPOOLDIR}/acct"
fi
The problem is that there is no directprint anywhere on my system or in
the RPMS. Does anyone know where
I should get direct print?
Just for completeness here are the versions of some relevant packages:
printtool-3.44-1
rhs-printfilters-1.63-1
lpr-0.50-4
Thanks!
- Bob Glover
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