Subject: Re: using pap(1) with networked DeskWriter560C ?
From: Jay Pfaffman (pfaffman@relax.ltc.Vanderbilt.Edu)
Date: Thu Feb 22 1996 - 11:58:00 EST
I've had similar problems printing to a LaserJet with my Linux box.
It doesn't seem to happen all the time, and I can't find any pattern
to the behavior. So at least you know that it's not your
imagination. :-)
Jay Pfaffman pfaffman@relax.com
+1-615-343-1720 (office) +1-615-460-9299 (home)
http://relax.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/~pfaffman/
On Wed, 21 Feb 1996 15:46:50 -0600 (CST), Bradley Carlson <carlson@sci.mus.mn.us> said:
> Has anyone managed to spool to a Macintosh network-connected
> DeskWriter560C (or any of its kin)? I can create a file of raw printer
> data using gs(1) and send it to such a DeskWriter560C using pap(1) (I
> found that I have to add a ^Z to the end of the file to get the last page
> to eject). All pages print correctly; however, pap never exits, and
> papstatus(1) reports the printer as "busy" forever. When I eventuall kill
> off pap, the printer stays "busy" for part of a minute, then returns to
> its idle state.
> -Bradley Carlson
> particulars:
> Linux 1.2.13
> netatalk 1.3.3 (with 1.3.3b2 kernel patches)
> DEC EtherPower nic
> DeskWriter 560C connected to ethernet via Farallon Etherwave Mac adapter
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b28 : Sat Dec 18 1999 - 16:24:00 EST