Hi! I took your suggestion and removed the ps@ from ifhp.conf.
Now ifhp tries to reformat it to postscript: sending job file at 14:56:40.935 starting transfer at 14:56:40.935 started converter '/usr/local/bin/a2ps' at 14:56:40.978 converter done, output 20653 bytes at 14:56:41.203 transferring 21 Kbytes at 14:56:41.204 49 percent done at 14:56:41.204 99 percent done at 14:56:41.260 100 percent done at 14:56:41.260 finished writing file, cleaning up at 14:56:41.261 So if I pretend the printer can do Postscript, it will reformat the file, and the printer barfs, and when I say it can't, it thinks the file is PS and refuses to send it. (I captured the intermediate file, and it is identical to the original I've spooled). Does anyone have another idea? Thanks! Christian -- Christian Bauernfeind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Infineon IFNA IT IFR EFK (Sunrise Unix support) > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 7:41 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: LPRng: ifhp and HP Designjet 500 > > > 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 > > > -- > /* 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! > > > > 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) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------- > 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. 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