Karl Kopper wrote, in part: > > When we print a PCL job to an HP laserjet 4000 it works fine, but when = > we send it to an HP 4050 it dumps the PCL code as text rather than = > interpret it. > > Both printers are defined the same in printconf (all "Driver Options" = > are turned off: FF, EOT, Assume unknown data is text, prerender = > postscript, convert text to postscript). And the printers look exactly = > the same in /etc/printcap. However, looking closer we found the = > /var/spool/<printer>/mf.cfg file is different.=20 > > On the 4000 the TEXTfilter line from the mf.cfg file looks like this: > > define(TEXTfilter, text "" )dnl > > But on the 4050 the same line looks like this: > > define(TEXTfilter, pipe/postscript/ /usr/bin/mpage -b Letter -1 -o -P- = > -)dnl > This sure looks to me like the result of having the "convert text to postscript" option turned on. But it might also be a result of the particular driver you chose, I'd guess. My experience with the magicfilter stuff is a bit limited.
> If I manually edit the mf.cfg file so it looks like the 4000 the PCL = > code gets interpreted, but the printer doesn't know which tray to select = > and so fails to print jobs until you manually hit the "go" button. > You could try editing the thing as you said, and then (in the printcap) setting an option (with -Z, I think) to do tray selection. Beyond that, I'm out of my depth. (If I understand RedHat's setup, which it sounds like you've got, you may find that changes you make to the mf.cfg file are overwritten sometimes. I'm not sure about that.) -- - Dave Lovelace [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
