This is the strangest error I have run across.
We've been using lprng for 3 years? with NT4 clients, printing through
samba to linux servers running lprng. I dont use ifhp as I never needed
any kind of translation. The nt print drivers produced the postscript,
when lprng happily send to the hp and phaser printers via appsocket.
Enter win2000. As soon as we loaded up win2k box with all our apps, and
attempt to print, we get continually postscript errors out the printers.
Sometimes its a timeout error, sometimes its a stack error, sometimes its
and undefined symbol. The point is, the error is NOT consistent for the
same machine same print job, same application. (using wordperfect, word,
and excel, and occasional pdf) We thought we had bad hardware. No, we
reproduced it on a second box.
so, we attempt different printing methods from the win2k box:
1) print direct to hp8100 via lpt1. works
2) print to file, the lpr the file to hp8100. BAD
3) print to file, copy file to lpt1. works
4) print to file, then netcat the file to hp8100. WORKS
Now, I don't know what difference there is between netcating the
postscript file to the printer and lpr'ing the file as passthrough to the
printer. But, there's the rub. LPRng is doing something, and only to
postscript generated by win2k clients!!!!
Let me emphasize that we have had our samba server and lpr spooler setup
for almost 3 years printing from NT 4 clients WITHOUT problem!!
So, for the brave guru who would like to tell me what I've done wrong, I'm
attaching the relevant portion of the printcap file. Also, a graphic to
explain what I enumerated above.
Can anyone tell me why win2k produced postscript would choke on my setup?
# /etc/printcap
.common: \
:force_localhost@:sh:mx=0 \
:filter=/usr/local/libexec/filters/ifhp
.srvr: \
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/%P \
:lpd_bounce
hp8100|PAC HP8100 DGM 1: \
:tc=.common \
:client \
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
hp8100: \
:server \
:tc=.srvr \
:rw:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
pachp8100: \
:server \
:tc=.srvr \
:rw:lp=pachp8100.pp.asu.edu%9100 \
:oh=ppsrv3.pp.asu.edu
--
David Bear
College of Public Programs/ASU
480-965-8257
...the way is like water, going where nobody wants it to go
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