Re: aecho is not responding correctly, and more!

Subject: Re: aecho is not responding correctly, and more!
From: rgp systems (rgp@systame.com)
Date: Mon Aug 21 2000 - 18:18:24 EDT

on 8/21/00 3:41 PM, Morgan Reed at morganr@home.com wrote:

Can't speak to your aecho problem. But the errors sound like postscript file
errors. Did you try printing other files than the one which gave you errors? 

-- 
Randy Perry
rgp systems

Mac Consulting/Sales

 
> Hello all,
> 
> I have decided to once again try and get my LaserWriter IIg up and running
> with netatalk.
> Previously, I was able to get the laserwriter to print by using just pap by
> using pap -p "MMLab IIg" /test1.ps  and it would print.  I was never able to
> get it to work with LPRng, so I gave up.
> 
> Today, I needed the printer ( necessity being the mother of invention and
> all that)  I tried to print with pap only tins time i sent a request for
> status  (I think) with the command
> pap -p "MMLab IIg" -s /test1.ps
> it choked on it printed nothing, thought the printer light blinked.  Now
> when I try and print with pap I get:
> 
> LinuxBox2:/# pap -p "MMLab IIg" /home/morgan/test1.ps
> Trying 44426.200:128 ...
> status: idle
> Connected to MMLab IIg:LaserWriter@*.
> %%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: status: ]%%
> %%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%
> Connection closed.
> LinuxBox2:/#
> 
> I have of course rebooted everything, including the printer.  but nothing
> has changed.
> 
> secondly,
> 
> I cannot get aecho to work.  I can't remember if it did work in the past,
> but presently it gives me a "can't find" error.  However, if I do a nbplkup
> I get everyting just fine and dandy:
> 
> LinuxBox2:/# nbplkup
> LinuxBox2:AFPServer
> 65280.127:128
> LinuxBox2:netatalk
> 65280.127:4
> LinuxBox2:Workstation
> 65280.127:4
> MMLab IIg:LaserWriter
> 44426.200:128
> LinuxBox2:/#
> 
> Any brilliant ideas?
> 
> Morgan Reed
> 
>

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