On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 14:39, Paul Cunningham wrote: > Hi all, > > Here are some observations I made on 'presto' and the 'print system' > after installing "Solaris Nevada SunOS 5.11 snv_90" on a Tadpole SPARCle > 500 sparc laptop (http://www.tadpole.com/). > > 1. Plugged in a USB "HP Deskjet 840C" > - presto recognised it correctly and configured it okay :-) > > - in the presto 'add printer' box the 'Host:' name is set to > 'heffalump' - where did it get that name from (its not the > name of my box) ? > > - it configures a print queue with 'banner always', in order > to save 'world paper resources' wouldn't it be better if > that was 'banner never'. After this is probably mainly > aimed at desktop single user machines. > > - the PPD file is choose was the first in the list of PPD > files rather than the 'recommended' PPD file. > > 2. PPD files for "HP Deskjet 840C" > - there are two 'recommended' PPD files in the 'printmgr' > list, one from SUNWfoomatic and the other from > SUNWhpijs - these two files are identical. Maybe the > duplicate PPD files should be got rid of, especially if > they on of the 'recommended' type. > > 3. printmgr > - if I add a printq with 'Never Print Banner', then modify > that printq the 'banner' option in printmgr says > 'User Selectable - Default=on'. 'lpstat -l' shows it set > correctly though. > > 4. lp printed output > - a line border is printed around the edge of the page, > this is probably from the 'a2ps' filter. 'a2ps' now > seems to want the option '-=lp' set to stop it printing > this border. Maybe that should be added to the > 'a2ps filter' command line options, ie. change .. > > # lpfilter -l -f a2ps | grep Command: > Command: /usr/bin/a2ps -q -c -B -o- -1 > to > Command: /usr/bin/a2ps -q -=lp -c -B -o- -1
or '--borders=no' works just as well > > > That's it - it all looks good :-) > Paul > -- > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Paul Cunningham > Software Engineer > Tadpole Computer Products > General Dynamics Itronix Europe Ltd.
