Re: Printer just prints raw ASCII Postscript

["Ariel V. Burbaickij" <pustota@xxxxxx>]

Andreas Klemm wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 11:12:51PM +0200, Ariel V. Burbaickij wrote:
> > Andreas Klemm wrote:
> > > On Sat, Sep 02, 2000 at 02:47:16PM +0200, Ariel V. Burbaickij wrote:
> > Already done as well as commenting safe paper
> > options back.
> 
> What machine (OS) do you have ?
  
  The same as you do, FreeBSD4.1-STABLE.
 
 
> >   But does not :(( Needless to say I have tried
> >   to collect debug-information with root      privilegies.
> 
> You can't ;-) since the filter script is started by lpd.
> Perhaps your directory permissions are wrong, so that lpd,
> which invokes apsfilter, is unable to write to the logfile.
Perhaps , take a look by yourself .Here you have it(because I do not
know what are right permissions or expected permissions .)
It is ls -al of /var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-auto-default
drwxr-xr-x  2 root  daemon    512 Sep  1 19:07 .
drwxr-xr-x  4 root  daemon    512 Sep  1 19:07 ..
-rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon      0 Sep  1 19:07 acct
-r--r--r--  1 root  daemon  18507 Sep  3 11:29 apsfilterrc
-rw-rw-r--  1 root  daemon      0 Sep  1 19:07 lock
-rw-r--r--  1 root  daemon      0 Sep  1 19:07 log

Besides , things are going from bad to worse now.
On startup lpd reports error in printcap(generated
by apsfilter) and exits gracefully.I allowed me
to add /etc/princap to this message for your examination.
I still hope that quick help on my my starup
with apsfilter could be provided.

Regards

> Check the permissions of the spool directories (printcap sd=....)
> 
> And please write a Cc: to the proper mailing-list ....
> I'm not the only person who want to make "exclusive-support" since
> I HAVE CURRENTLY LESS TIME.
> 
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#	@(#)printcap	5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
# $Id: printcap,v 1.9 1998/02/04 12:09:06 ache Exp $

#
# This enables a simple local "raw" printer, hooked up to the first
# parallel port.  No kind of filtering is done, so everything you
# pass to the "lpr" command will be printed unmodified.
#
# Remember, for further print queues you're going to add, you have to
# chose different spool directories (the "sd" capability below),
# otherwise you will greatly confuse lpd.
#
# For some advanced printing, have a look at the "apsfilter" package.
# It plugs into the lpd system, allowing you to print a variety of
# different file types by converting everything to PostScript(tm)
# format.  If you don't have a PostScript(tm) printer, don't panic,
# but do also install the "ghostscript" package.
#
# Do also refer to section 7 (Printing) of the handbook.  A local copy
# can be found under /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.{html,latin1}.
#
# Banner pages are now suppressed by default.  Remove the :sh:
# capability to turn them back on.
#
lp|local line printer:\
	:sh:\
	:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
#
# Sample remote printer.  The physical printer is on machine "lphost".
# NB: you cannot perform any kind of local filtering directly.  If
# you need local filters (e.g. LF -> CR-LF conversion for HP printers),
# create a filter script that recursively calls lpd with another -P
# argument after filtering.
#
#remote|sample remote printer:\
#	:sh:\
#	:rm=lphost:sd=/var/spool/output/lphost:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
#
# Simple Russian printer with hardware CP866 character set, output filter
# used for KOI8-R -> CP866 conversion
#
#lp|Russian local line printer:\
#	:sh:of=/usr/libexec/lpr/ru/koi2alt:\
#	:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
# LABEL apsfilter
# apsfilter setup Sun Sep  3 11:29:36 CEST 2000
#
# DON'T DELETE THIS:
# APS_BASEDIR:/usr/local/apsfilter
#
# APS1_BEGIN:printer1:bj200:a4:default
# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
#
lp|aps1-bj200-a4-auto-default|Printer1 bj200 a4 auto default:\
    :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-auto-default:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-auto-default/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-auto-default/acct:\
    :if=/usr/local/apsfilter/filter/aps1-bj200-a4-auto-default:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sh:
raw|aps2-bj200-a4-raw|Printer1 bj200 a4 raw:\
    :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-raw:\
    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-raw/log:\
    :af=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-bj200-a4-raw/acct:\
    :if=/usr/local/apsfilter/filter/aps2-bj200-a4-raw:\
    :mx#0:\
    :sf:\
    :sh:
# APS1_END - don't delete this END LABEL for printer1