> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 22 01:10:25 2002 > From: "Antony Healey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: LPRng: Banner pages > Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 16:35:44 +1000 > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_007A_01C2319D.D30F58A0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hi people, > > I have a little problem that I'm just not wrapping my head around at the = > moment and would appreciate any insights. > > We print all our jobs with banner pages as job separators. > > LPRng 3.8.12 is installed and running fine. > > Printing from the unix command line works fine (lpr, a2ps et al). > > Printing from Windows 2000 through Samba (v2.5.5) works fine. > > Printing from Windows 2000 using "LPR Port" prints the job matter but = > not the banner page. > > Does anyone have any ideas on why this is and better yet, a way to = > resolve it? > > Regards, > Antony. > ----- > Unix Systems Administrator > School of Computing & IT > University of Western Sydney > Phone: (02) 4736 0771 > Fax: (02) 4736 0770
Try doing the following: I assume the queue you are printing to is 'lp'. ># lpc stop lp Now on the Windows 2000 system using the LPR Port facility, print a job. You should now do ># lpq -Plp And see the job in the queue. Assuming that the print queue directory is: /var/spool/lpd/lp Look for the file: cfA... <- control file. This should have the format: Apapowell@h110+215 CA D2002-07-10-13:59:21.780 Hh110.private Ja Lpapowell Ppapowell Qlp Na fdfA215h110.private UdfA215h110.private The 'L' (banner line) value needs to be present to print a banner. The 'ab' (always print a banner) option will use the 'P' value if it is not present. Try the printcap: lp:ab:sd=/... Patrick Powell ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- YOU MUST BE A LIST MEMBER IN ORDER TO POST TO THE LPRNG MAILING LIST The address you post from MUST be your subscription address If you need help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (or lprng-requests or lprng-digest-requests) with the word 'help' in the body. For the impatient, to subscribe to a list with name LIST, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with: | example: subscribe LIST <mailaddr> | subscribe lprng-digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] unsubscribe LIST <mailaddr> | unsubscribe lprng [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have major problems, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word LPRNGLIST in the SUBJECT line. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
