Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Multiple Print Jobs?
From: wesley.craig@umich.edu
Date: Wed Oct 08 1997 - 11:38:50 EDT
> From: Richard Kaszeta <kaszeta@me.umn.edu>
> To: netatalk-admins@terminator.rs.itd.umich.edu
> Most of my attempts to print to a printer using psf as a lpd filter
> result in the printing printing out multiple copies of the same job
> until the printer is stopped.
> ptltek:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ptltek:\
> :if=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/ifpap:\
> :tf=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/tfpap:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ptltek/acct:\
> :du=1:\
> :mx#0:\
> :pw#80:\
> :lp=/dev/ptltek:\
> :sh:
First, remove the "af" entry. If the problem goes away, it's related
to the printer not properly closing the connection. Check out
/usr/lib/atalk/filters/if*pap. You'll find filters called ifmpap,
ifwpap, ifwmpap. The 'm' means use multiple connections to retrieve
the pagecount. This will probably fix your multiple copies problem.
The 'w' means wait until the printer is idle before asking about
pagecounts. This defeats on-printer spooling that some printers
implement, notably HP Laserjet 4s and 5s. If you don't enable this
option, you'll often mis-charge pages to subsequent users.
:wes
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