Re: help with xerox docuprint c15

[Michael Loßin <losse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Horacio wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> I hope you can help with this:
> 
[... Xerox Docuprint C15 with cdjcolor driver ...]
> 
> First I tried to print from the command line with lpr:
> 
> $ lpr file
> 
> but didn't work.  So, I opened 'file' on WordPerfect, saved it as 'file.doc'
> on WP format, and tried to print that one.  That worked.  Any further attempt

How did you print that? If you save it in WP format and use lpr on the
command line, this will probably not work, since apsfilter doesn't know
about WP files (yet). From within WordPerfect there is a chance that you
used an internal printer driver offered by WP, thus completely bypassing
apsfilter.

> Now I try again with WP and all I get is blocks of numbers, each one preceded
> by a bracket, an asterisk, and a p char, and followed by a caret.  So, I
> check the status and verify that there's nothing in the queue:
> 
> xerox:
>         queuing is enabled
>         printing is enabled
>         no entries
>         printer idle
> lp:
>         queuing is enabled
>         printing is enabled
>         no entries
>         printer idle
> 
> and try again to print a pdf from acrobat, but all I get is:
> 
> %!PS-Adobe-3.0
>               %%Title:  (50130201a.pdf)
>                                         %%Version:  1  1
>                                                         %%Creator:  %(Microsoft
> 
> and similar for any other ps/pdf doc I try to print, like:
> 
> groff -mdoc -Tps /usr/share/man/cat1/lpr.0 | lpr
> 
> My /etc/printcap file looks like:
> 
> #       $OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.3 1999/09/23 01:31:20 deraadt Exp $
> 
> #lp|local line printer:\
> #       :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> 
> #rp|remote line printer:\
> #       :lp=:rm=printhost:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
> # APS1_BEGIN:printer1
> # - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
> # - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
> xerox|Printer1 auto:\
>     :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
>     :if=/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/xerox:\
>     :lf=/var/spool/lpd/xerox/log:\
>     :af=/var/spool/lpd/xerox/acct:\
>     :mx#0:\
>     :sh:
> lp|Printer1 raw:\
>     :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
>     :if=/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
>     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>     :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
>     :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
>     :mx#0:\
>     :sf:\
>     :sh:
> # APS1_END - don't delete this

Ay caramba... Using "lp" as the name for the raw printer was probably
a very bad idea... Some spoolers use "lp" as the default printer when
nothing else is given on the command line or via the PRINTER environment
variable. So right now you use the raw printer all the time.

Try  "lpr -Pxerox filename.ps"  to use the right printer.

> If I ommit any details, please let me know.  Also, if there's something too
> obvious here, please don't be too harsh on me :)

No way... :)


HTH
Michael