Subject: Still having printing problems
From: Glen Cornell (gcornell%freedom02@kssib.ksc.nasa.gov)
Date: Fri Aug 27 1993 - 18:38:41 EDT
Here's the unix server setup:
DEC 5000 / 240
ULTRIX 4.3
netatalk (v 1.3b2):
atalkd -p 4 `hostname|sed 's/\..*$//'`:EtherTalk
papd -a -f /usr/local/atalk/etc/printers/laser07.conf
afpd
afpd is running like a champ (Kudos those who developed it!) No
problems with yellow page accounts which are nfsed into the
decstation.
my papd.conf file looks like this:
fontfile:/var/spool/lpd/LWPlusFonts
printcap:/etc/printcap
procsetdir:/var/spool/lpd/papd-procsets
choosername:Laser07:LaserWriter@EtherTalk
printer:laser07
my printcap entry is:
laser07|laser printer 07:\
:lf=/usr/spool/lpd/laser07/laser07.erf:\
:pw#32767:\
:lp=:\
:mx#0:\
:rm=core1:\
:rp=laser07:\
:sd=/usr/spool/lpd/laser07:
Laser07 is an HPIIIsi with postcript option.
The Mac that I'm testing it is the following:
Mac IIci
os 7.1
3Comm Ethernet Card
7.1.2 LaserWriter Print driver
The error log on the decstation is empty.
I disconnected the printer and connected a vt100 to the serial cable.
When I print from the mac, everything looks fine on the mac end. The
file (aside from the CR/LF problem) looks like postscript on the
terminal. So the job is properly queued. However, only the cover
page is printed. The light flashes on the printer (indicating that
it's processing the job), then stops.
My next step was to intercept the file on the decstation in the
/usr/spool/lpd/laser07 directory. I used ghostscript to view the
image. Here was the error message:
Error: /typecheck in --and--
Operand stack:
-savetype- true false 55665
Execution stack:
operator_403618 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- false --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval-- --nostringval--
Dictionary stack:
337/401 4/200
I called Apple Tech support & they said that most commercial lpr
packages for the mac require the LaserPrep file present in the system
folder. Apparently, this file is supposed to massage the print
driver's output for non-Apple postscript printers. However, I ended
up with the same results with LaserPrep.
If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
Glenco
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Glen Cornell Harris Space Systems Corporation
Office: B1-540 UNIX System Administrator
Phone: (407) 633-3950 Fax: (407) 633-3900
e-mail: gcornell@core1.hssc.ksc.nasa.gov
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