Thank you for the info, James. Today, I was ultimately and consistently successful in printing to the Datamax E-4204 and Sun Ray Server 4.1 but at this point in time I would like to commit only the following:
I set up lpr.debug in /etc/syslog.conf to output to a file in /var/tmp and used the log to find out that the Datamax E-4204 is represented by a different file under /tmp/SUNWut/units/IEEE802.<mac address>/dev/printers when attached without a USB-to-parallel converter than when it is attached through its USB interface. The de-spooler was therefore unable to de-spool to the file indicated when creating the printer under Solaris Print Manager. I re-created the printer using the new file information as the output port and was successful. I also made some other modifications but will not post back yet as I need to grasp all the settings better first. Cheers, Etienne ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Petrini Sent: 11 June 2009 22:47 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Bulk] [SunRay-Users] Printing to Datamax E-4204 label printersfrom a Sun Ray 270 Hi Etienne, I had a similar requirement last year and found it much easier to attach a networked belkin print server ( with a parallel to USB converter) to the datamax label printer. My understanding is that true USB redirection will be included in the sun ray server software in the next couple of months . A sales guy at Sun estimated USB redirection by August although that was before the Oracle announcement. James 2009/6/11 Ing. Etienne V. Depasquale <[email protected]> Good day, I'm getting to grips with the entire Sun Ray infrastructure and doing reasonably well except with the matter of printers attached directly to the Sun Ray device. ***Configuration notes*** 1. Non-PostScript printer (Datamax E-4204) attached directly to the Sun Ray DTU. I have used both its parallel- (via parallel-to-USB adapters) and its USB-interfaces. 2. Sun Ray Connector for Windows OS running in a kiosk mode session 3. Use of uttsc -r 'printer:<print queue name>=<Windows printer driver name>' in the kiosk mode configuration to send a Windows TS session to the DTU ***Issue*** While ... the print queue shows properly in the Windows session. And ... the jobs spool to the print queue (as witnessed by lpq <print queue name> on the Sun Ray server) .... jobs de-spool to the parallel-interfaced printers only sporadically, remaining in the queue. They de-spool to USB-interfaced printers but do not print out at all. ***Troubleshooting*** svcadm restart print/server:default lpc disable <print queue name>; lpc enable <print queue name> ...but these troubleshooting steps have not been successful. I note the posting at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg09715.html. I assume that this refers to the configuration item on the Windows printer and will be trying this out tomorrow. Can anyone share his/her experience in this situation? Sincerely, Etienne Ing. Etienne V. Depasquale 15 Triq il-Midra Attard ATD 1891 Malta Mob. +356 79067828 Tel. +356 21423223 _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users -- James Petrini - Business Manager Greenshift Limited Office: 01823 690181 Mobile: 07847004222 http://www.greenshiftcomputers.co.uk Smart , Sustainable IT _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
