Hmm, I have a very similar setup, but mine seems to work ok. Let me
describe my network to you (briefly of course).
Windows NT 4.0 Server running LPD
* All clients print through this machine, including:
* Win95, Win98
* Win NT
* Mac
* Solaris 2.x
* Linux
I currently am printing to several HP 5Si and Sharp printers, without
any problems. I can print from Netscape just fine as well, using the
same filter as you. My NT LPR print queue is configured as 'IP address'
and 'RAW' for Port, just as yours. Maybe your LPD is corrupted somehow?
Try stopping the Service and restarting it to see if that helps. I do
know that at least once a week, the UNIX boxes send jobs that kill the
LPD service, and I have to restart the service, or in some cases,
restart the whole stupid machine. It could be that a previous job has
corrupted the service and no error message was given. It sounds stupid,
but with Microsoft, the whole company was built on that premise...
Best of luck,
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Jeff Richmond - MCP, CCSA
Systems Administrator
Sharp Labs of America
5750 NW Pacific Rim Blvd.
Camas, Washington 98607
(360) 817-8463 Phone
(360) 817-8436 Fax
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Snee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 16, 1998 6:26 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LPR Printing to Microsoft Windows NT LPD
I am running RH5.1 and setting up a network printer that
prints over IP
(LPR; not Samba), to a WinNT server that is running LPD.
I use the
printer configuration utility from X-windows, but am
having some
problems.
Here are the symptoms:
1. The NT LPD has been configured and works
properly for other
machines, such as Win95 clients running a third-party
LPR product and
another NT box running LPR. The printer is a HP
LaserJet 4P and is
attached directly to the NT server that is running the
LPD.
2. I defined the printer on the Linux box using the
printer config
utility, and can successfully print out an ascii test
page to the
network printer.
3. Using the lpq command, I get an accurate view of
the queue as it
appears on the NT server running the LPD.
**4. When attempting to print a page from qhostview
or netscape, I
get a bunch of garbage.
5. If I hook the printer up directly to the
parallel port of the
Linux box, I can print from netscape and ghostview
without errors.
6. The LPD is set up to spool to the printer in RAW
mode.
7. The LPR is set up with the LaserJet 4/5/6
filter.
Why is it printing fine when sending it in ascii, but
anything other
than ascii it has a problem with? It would seem like
there was a
problem with the conversion to PCL, but what confuses me
is that it
works properly if I hook the printer up directly. This
then leads me to
believe that it is a problem with NT's LPD. But LPD
works for other
machines, and it also works for Linux when the document
is ascii.
Does anyone have any ideas???
Thanks,
Jim
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