Eric Enright wrote: > > Sorry, I meant to mention that the z600 PPD I'm using is not included > in Solaris -- I extracted it from the Linux driver package on > Lexmark's website. Inspecting it now, I see there is no > foomaticRIPCommandLine, so I suppose that explains some of my > problems. I really have no idea how these work, and just assumed they > were generic. > > I'm going to look at some of the Lexmark PPDs that ship with Solaris > and see if I can come up with a workable line to cat to my printer. > If I manage that, is there anything else I will need to add to the PPD > besides that entry?
Have you tried one of the ppd files for one of the older lexmark inkjet printer, eg. Z42, that might work in its simplistic form. But that would only work if they used the sameish pdl. If the Z42 doesn't come as part of your solaris then you can get it from linuxprinting.org Paul > > On 10/29/06, Norm Jacobs <Norm.Jacobs at sun.com> wrote: > >> >> I didn't find the z600 PPD file, so I couldn't verify if we even ship >> the driver that it uses. The foomaticRIPCommandLine from the PPD file >> will tell you what foomatic runs to convert from PostScript to "printer >> ready" format. It's possible, but not likely that it uses a GhostScript >> driver that we didn't enable. It's also possible that it includes >> something like foo2zjs or another driver that for one reason or another >> isn't shipped. That being said, It wasn't clear if data was being >> sent to >> the printer and dropped or not. >> You might start by generating a file with printer ready output using the >> foomatidRIPCommandLine information and cat that to the device first. If >> you are successful, we can work out any issues that LP my be causing. >> >> -Norm >> >> Eric Enright wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I'm trying to get my Lexmark z517 to print. The z600 PPD is reported >> > to work on Linux, so I am using that. I followed example 3-1 in the >> > SX admin guide to create the printer, and that went fine. However, >> > when I try to print anything with lp or lpr, it seems to spool, but >> > nothing on the printer actually happens. I've also used printmgr >> > (with a manually edited ppdcache) to achieve the same, but still >> > nothing. >> > >> > Any ideas? >> > >> > eric at yamano:~ (82)# lp -d paper ~/Documents/test.ps >> > request id is paper-17 (1 file(s)) >> > eric at yamano:~ (83)# lpq -P paper >> > paper: processing >> > Rank Owner Job File(s) Total Size >> > 1st root 17 test.ps 5850 bytes >> > eric at yamano:~ (84)# lpstat -p paper >> > printer paper idle. enabled since October 28, 2006 6:23:18 PM EDT. >> > available. >> > >> > The queue empties after a moment, and my logs contain nothing. >> > >> >> > > -- ___________________________________________________________ Paul Cunningham Email: paulcun at talk21.com Software Engineer Tel: 01462 685974 Letchworth Garden City Hertfordshire SG6 4LH
