Hi! Thanks for the reply. Checkpc told me which files I needed to create (why the daemon would not create them itself is beyond me), and I also found out that I was looking at the wrong ifhp.conf all the time :-(
I can no see this in the printer status:
sending job file at 15:58:11.423
starting transfer at 15:58:11.423
job is PostScript and PostScript not supported at 15:58:11.424
The job as sent is HPGL, and the queue is configured as a bounce queue,
both of which ends should do essentially nothing (they call ifhp and ofhp,
resp.) This is the relevant portion of ifhp.conf:
[ hpdj500c ]
pjl_only=[
COMMENT ECHO ENTER
INFO
USTATUS USTATUSOFF
]
ps@
pcl@
pagecount@
file_output_match = [
* raw
]
So ifhp should just pass everything on unfiltered.
I'm appending a log file from the filter script, I'd be grateful if somebody
could take a look at it and tell me where HPGL turns into PS (or even just
how to capture some more diags from ifhp, or the intermediate file from the
bounce queue).
Thanks!
Christian
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Christian Bauernfeind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Infineon IFNA IT IFR EFK (Sunrise Unix support)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 2002 3:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: LPRng: ifhp and HP Designjet 500
>
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> what looks your printcap like ?
>
> If you don't get any debug output you probably don't use the
> local spool queue but send the job directly to the printer.
> Try to set "force_localhost" in the printcap and run 'checkpc
> -f printcap' to make sure all the necessary files get created...
>
> hope this helps
> ~christoph
>
>
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>
> On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I need some help with setting up a HP Plotter. The plotter is a
> > Designjet500ps with a Jetdirect print server and HPGL/RTL accessory
> > card.
> >
> > There is a set of filter scripts here that will rasterize plot data
> > and generate RTL output. I've also tried just plotting raw HPGL.
> >
> > In each case (HPGL or RTL), I can plot by bypassing the
> spool system
> > with a scriptlet like this:
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > ifhp=model=hpdj500c
> > /usr/local/ifhp/3.4.1/libexec/filters/ifhp
> > -Tdev=ew111shpp1%9100,trace,debug=3,${ifhp} < plotme.hpg
> 2>/tmp/trace
> >
> > However, when I try to use the spooler, I only get an 1
> inch band from
> > RTL plots, and HPGL plots just disappear.
> >
> > The ifhp Howto suggests "lpq -llll" to check the filter
> status, that
> > does not give me any more information than plain "lpq".
> >
> > Does anyone have any suggestions?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Christian
> >
> > --
> > Christian Bauernfeind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Infineon IFNA IT IFR EFK (Sunrise Unix support)
> >
> >
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