Subject: [netatalk-admins] problems printing win95-generated ps from linux
From: Dan Pritts (danno@us.itd.umich.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 08 1998 - 04:08:46 EDT
hi all,
i've got a strange printing problem.
My setup:
pentium 100 running alternately win95 or redhat 4.1
netatalk 1.4b2 rpm binary distribution from ftp.redhat.com
kernel 2.0.27
also running afs on linux box
last ps level 1 compatible postscript win95 drivers from ftp.adobe.com
(the most recent drivers don't work with level 1)
7200/75 running macOS 8.1 w/ laserwriter bridge
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---> personal laserwriter NT on localtalk connected to pmac 7200
IIfx running 7.something
The pentium and the two macs are connected via ethernet. The IIfx and
the 7200 can print to the laserwriter with no problems, as you would
expect.
Running linux, and doing a simple "nenscript" of a text file, I can
print with no problems.
printing to a file on win95, and ftp'ing that file to the 7200, and
printing it from there (via drag'n'drop desktop printing), works fine.
the problem: Copying that same file from the (mounted) win95 partition,
and lpr'ing it from linux, the pages print, and then the printer goes
into an infinite loop as if it's waiting for closure of some sort.
I've tried removing the control-D at the end of the windows-generated
postscript, removing the CR's from the postscript file, and i think
tried both of these at once. Neither of these seems to have any effect.
This isn't a huge problem, since how often do you want to do that, eh?
except...my eventual plan was to bring up linux on my old 386 and have
it run samba and netatalk so i could print from win95 without screwing
around with printing to files & ftp'ing them, and i'm afraid i'll run
into similar problems in that case.
If anyone's run into this or something similar, please let me know
what you found out.
thanks,
danno
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