Subject: Re: pap (netatalk-asun-2.1.3) not properly closing?
From: wesley.craig@umich.edu
Date: Thu Feb 17 2000 - 18:20:17 EST
> From: Patrik Schindler <poc@pocnet.net>
> To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> What really hurts is: After sending the Job to the printer, it never
> gives up. Pap runs and uns and won't close the connection until it's
> explicitly killed. Bad thing.
Try using the (undocumented) "-E" option to pap.
> Is this a protocol related bug from HP or from pap?
> Has anyone expirienced a similar problem?
We have this same problem with HP printers in our charge-for printing
system. During various points in the accounting procedure, we either
do or do not wait for the EOF from the printer. Generally, HP and some
other products get confused when they receive a large or complex job
and forget to ever close the PAP connection. During accounting, it's
important to wait for EOF, otherwise it's not. "psf" knows this, and
gives the "-E" option to "pap" unless accounting is on.
:wes
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