Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] FreeBSD, netatalk, unusual print problems on some printers (mirror images, multiple jobs)
From: Andras Kadinger (bandit@freeside.elte.hu)
Date: Sat Aug 15 1998 - 23:28:39 EDT
Josh Fryman wrote:
>
> Hello all ..
>
> Scanned the archives and such, I think this is a unique scenario. Looking
> for any help or possible advice ...
>
> What we're running:
>
> FreeBSD 2.2.6, netatalk 1.4b2 (no asun), mixed MacOS 7.6, 8.1, Win95,98,
> samba 1.9.18p8
>
> What we're getting:
>
> An HP DesignJet 2000 running Miramar AppleTalk whatever on Win95 with the
> Lightbridge server ... some print jobs come across with the correct names,
> but most come with a garbage name. We don't receive just one copy of a
> print job, we tend to receive around 5 copies of each job. If we look in the
> lpd-err log file, we see msgs from pap noting a "Bad status" (what a useful
> diagnostic)
Try the patch below (although it's for asun, I think Adrian didn't touch the printing code, so it should apply cleanly).
This makes pap instead of exiting report it's observations a bit more verbosely. Things might start to work, or crash and go down in flames (everything should be back in the original state after the
two minute PAP timeout however).
If there is garbage in the status message with this patch, then the problem seems to be serious. If the status message seems to be intact, then chances are, only one 'non-essential' (how untrue that
is) field was not filled out properly by the printer/spooler pap is talking to.
I suspect the fault not to be in pap, however report the results please, so that we can elaborate on the issue.
Hope, this helps,
Sincerely,
Andras Kadinger
bandit@freeside.elte.hu
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