Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] pap hangs
From: Thomas Tornblom (Thomas.Tornblom@Hax.SE)
Date: Wed Sep 10 1997 - 16:52:46 EDT
> I'm running netatalk-1.4b2 on a solaris 5.5 machine. I have pap setup with
> sun's screwy sysv lp queue system. It works most of the time, but sometime it
> hangs. I don't think the problem is with the LP stuff, as there is a
> perfectly good postscript file in the queue directory and a command like:
>
> pap -c -s /tmp/papstatus -p LaserWriter 630:LaserWriter /var/spool/.../502-1
>
> is running. The light on the printer is flashing like it does when it is
> receiving data, except the print job has already printed! pap is just
> sitting there hung on something. papstatus reports:
>
> status: busy; source: EtherTalk
>
> Is this some known bug? Could it be some problem with defective firmware
> in the printer?
>
Yes, this is a classic one that bit me for along time.
Add a '-E' to the command line and pap will work around the bugs in the printer.
This goes for, I believe, all AppleTalk connected Apple printers.
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