On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 12:28:16PM -0400, bmohrhardt wrote: > Dear Mr. Powell : > > I have been integrating some RedHat 9.0 stations into my network, > replacing Windoze as much as possible. My servers are still both running > SCO Openserver 5.0.5, handling our main software applications as well as > the print queues. In order to get the network printers working, we > downloaded LPRng-3.8.19-3.1 from rpmfind.net and 'redhat-switch-printer' > to change from CUPS to LPRng. Attempting to print from the RedHat > stations using CUPS caused the jobs to sit on the local station's queue > and never get to the server.
You may want to get the latest RPM from http://www.lprng.com or even just compile and install it from source. > > The printing via LPRng works very well for "modern" HP printers > (LaserJet 4000,4100, 4200, 1200, 1300, etc.) We have had a couple of > issues, and I was just curious if you knew of a resolution. We have an > HP LaserJet 6P connected via an HP JetDirect 170x using TCP/IP with a > static IP address. Text-based jobs from our servers print all day long. > If the RedHat 9.0 station sets it up as a local (/dev/lp0) printer, it > works flawlessly. However, we cannot print to it from the RedHat 9.0 > boxes using the UNIX (lpd) queue type. The job gets sent, but the > printer comes up with a "line too long" message, and the rest of the job > is garbled. It is almost as if the RedHat box is sending the remote > printing job using a level of PostScript that the older printer can't > handle. Yet, there is no option (unless I missed it) to lower the > PostScript level, if that is indeed the problem. This has been very > frustrating, and is slowing down my desire to migrate more of my users > away from Windoze. I am puzzled by this one. I have an HP6P here and it prints fine, with NO filter. The printcap setup is: lp6|HP Lazy Jet (slow): :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P :lp=10.0.0.23%9100 > > The second issue is on our LaserJet 4100tn. As you know, the 't' > means that there is an additional 500-sheet tray, that is selectable (in > theory) using good-old ESC sequences. They stock Tray 1 with Letterhead, > so that it is only used when the user selects it. Tray 2 is the default > tray, and contains plain white 8 1/2 x 11 stock. I know that the raw ESC > sequence works, as I have been able to choose that tray for a text-based > job sent from the server. However, when the remote jobs are sent from > the RedHat boxes, we have not yet figured out how to access that > command. We have tried various options (-Zupper, -Ztray1, etc.), but we > have no way of being certain that the commands are even being passed > along. The remote jobs coming into my SCO servers seem to go directly to > the queue (rapidly) without even being processed by the interface scripts. You need to use/add the ifhp filter: lp: :sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P :if=/usr/libexec/filters/ifhp :ifhp=model=hp4100 :lp=10.0.0.23%9100 Now try: lpr -Plp -Ztray3 and see what happens. > > I did try to download the .rpm for your newest version (3.8.26), but > maybe I did not do it right. The RedHat box complained that it > conflicted with the version of setup? Do I need to try to compile the > source code directly? I did notice in your Release Notes that one issue > that you resolved with the newer version was to stop certain options > from being dropped unintentionally, and I was hopeful that I had the > answer. > > Any help or suggestions or links that you could send our way would > be greatly appreciated. Again, the same older printer works like a charm > locally, it is just the jobs it sends remotely that mess up. > > > Thanks, > > > Bill Mohrhardt, IT Manager, > > Ecological Fibers, Inc. > > (401) 725-9700 Ext. 325 > > (978) 537-0003 Ext. 105 (Wednesdays) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Patrick Powell Astart Technologies [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6741 Convoy Court Network and System San Diego, CA 92111 Consulting 858-874-6543 FAX 858-751-2435 LPRng - Print Spooler (http://www.lprng.com) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
