Hey Christian,
maybe the 'ps@' is your problem then, does it work if you uncommend it ?
You should also capture the datafile and try to figure out why your file
util thinks it is postscript...
best regards
~christoph
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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
>
> --
> 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
> >
> >
> > --
> > /* Christoph Beyer | Office: Building 2b / 23 *\
> > * DESY | Phone: 040-8998-2317 *
> > * - IT - | Fax: 040-8998-4060 *
> > \* 22603 Hamburg | http://www.desy.de */
> >
> >
> > 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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