Subject: RE: Need some help with printing on a LaserWriter IIg
From: Lancaster, David Matthew (c4ng2@unb.ca)
Date: Fri Jun 02 2000 - 07:25:11 EDT
---Contents or .paprc in /var/spool/lpd/laser---
LaserWriter IIg
------------------------------------------------
That's it. That one line all by itself.
David Lancaster (506) 454-2167
690 Gregg Ct. Upper Apartment
Fredericton, NB Canada E3B 4H5
c4ng2@unb.ca "Don't anthropomorphize computers, they hate that."
On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, Morgan Reed wrote:
> David,
>
> You said you have your IIg hooked up via ethertalk to your linux box and
> you have no external "zones" that you can see, could you tell me what your
> .paprc looks like?
>
> Morgan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lancaster, David Matthew [mailto:c4ng2@unb.ca]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 7:52 AM
> To: Morgan Reed
> Cc: eugster@giub.unibe.ch; netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: Re: Need some help with printing on a LaserWriter IIg
>
>
> > I am able to send a print job to my laserwriter with pap (pap -p "MMLab
> IIg"
> > test.ps), however, if I try and use lpr, I get one of the following
> errors:
> >
> > job 'cfA679LinuxBox2.thereedfamily.org' transfer to lp@localhost failed
> > or
> > job 'cfA680LinuxBox2.thereedfamily.org' tcp spooler is being used
> by(.....
> > I have not be able to re-duplicate this error, the first one appears
> > consistantly).
>
> Might be a printcap error, or a spool directory problem.
> Did you verify that lpd is running correctly?
>
> My config for RH6 & LaserIIG is as follows:
>
> [root@darkith /etc]# cat /etc/printcap
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/laser:\
> :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
> :if=/usr/lib/filters/ifpap:\
> :of=/usr/lib/filters/ofpap:\
> :df=/usr/lib/filters/ofpap:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sh:\
> :sf:\
> :mx#0:\
> :pl#63:\
> :pw#85
>
> [root@darkith /etc]# ls -al /usr/lib/filters/
> total 8
> drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Sep 2 1999 .
> drwxr-xr-x 36 root root 7168 May 24 08:49 ..
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 10 17:34 ifpap ->
> /usr/sbin/psf
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Feb 10 17:34 ofpap ->
> /usr/sbin/psf
>
> [root@darkith /etc]# ls -al /var/spool/lpd/laser
> total 7
> drwxrwxr-x 2 root lp 1024 May 15 22:09 .
> drwxrwxr-x 3 root daemon 1024 Sep 8 1999 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16 Mar 6 22:27 .paprc
> -rw-rw---- 1 root root 84 Apr 25 11:44 .railmag
> -rw-r----x 1 root lp 4 May 15 22:08 .seq
> -------r-- 1 root root 20 May 15 22:08 lock
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 32 May 15 22:09 status
>
> [root@darkith /etc]# cat /var/spool/lpd/laser/.paprc
> LaserWriter IIg
>
>
> I found that the formating in printcap is super-picky. Extra
> spaces/carriage returns can even cause problems. I also note that you end
> with a colon, which I did not. Perhaps a problem? You also have shsf
> together, which I have seperated on two lines. Not sure if it's incorrect,
> but I do know what worked for me.
>
> Remember to do a "lpc restart all" after making changes to printcap. I
> believe somebody suggests needing quotes around the printer name in
> .paprc, but I didn't...
>
> D.
>
> > I did edit the services file to include the numbers and ports you
> specified
> > (even though I did not build it myself, and instead used the binary that
> is
> > downloaded with dselect in Debeian) and I edited my printcap with the
> > following:
> >
> > lp|MMLab IIg:LaserWriter:\
> > :lp=/dev/null:\
> > :sd=var/spool/lpd/LaserWriterIIg:\
> > :pl#63:pw#85:\
> > # :mx#0:\
> > :shsf:\
> > :of=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/ofpap:
> >
> > I have set up a directory in the lpd folder called LaserWriterIIg and the
> > filters are in the directory /usr/lib/atalk/filters/ and the ethernet
> name
> > of the printer is MMLab IIg.
> >
> > What have I done wrong?
> >
> > Another aside note, My IIg printer won't rename from the ethertalk port.
> > If I hook it up to my mac via 8pin din, I can rename and the name will
> > stick, but when I put the ethertalk on, then rename, the printer software
> > "loses" the printer when I try to rename and then update. No biggie. I
> > have the printer select switch set to 4, should it be something else?
> >
> > I am going to cc this messgae to the netatlk mailing list on the jhope
> that
> > this will either a) be solved quickly by someone on the list, or b) if
> you
> > are able to solve it, I can post the results there.
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Morgan Reed
> >
> >
>
>
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