> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 14 19:52:04 2002 > From: "Burath, Philipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: LPRng: Strange Printing occurance... > Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:39:48 +1000 > > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand > this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. > > ------_=_NextPart_000_01C243FC.A3FF43B0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi, > > We have just changed over to using a new HP-UX box moving from a DG/UX box. > The printing system is setup such that when a printjob is sent from our > HP-UX box it is forward to a Linux box also running LRNG using the > Printer:tc=.xxx:printer@remotehost construct and then off to the printer, > which works nicely. > > I look after quite a few remote printers. One such printer a Lexmark Optra > R+ (busrpt0) which is connected via a Router in one of our remote locations > which is causing problems! We have an identical printer (karrpt0) in a > different location, identical router/printer setup and this printer hasn't > got any issues. > > What is happening is that when print jobs are sent from our DG/UX (lpsched > spooling system) the printer prints fine in english characters, but when > printing from the new HP-UX box the printout is positioned correctly on the > page, but the alpha character are not english, they are symbols, but the > numbers on the page come out correctly. The strange thing is that when > sending a print job from the new box immediately after sending one from the > DG/UX box, then the printout is fine? > > Attached is printcap from Linux Box... > > Any idea? Has anybody seen this phenomenon before? > > Regards
Sounds like the language and/or character set of the printer is set to something very strange. I suppose that you did try and get the Lexmark folks to look at this... ??? Patrick ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
