[cliffy@cliffhangers.screaming.net: Printing in Linux]

[Andreas Klemm <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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• To: andreas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
• Subject: Printing in Linux
• From: "C.D.McDiarmid" <cliffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 19:07:04 +0000
• Organization: Dog Wardens

Please look over attached file and see if you can help.   Setting up a printer
on Linux is driving me to distraction.

MAC(UK)

# $ApsCVS: src/apsfilter/HOWTO-BUGREPORTS,v 1.12 2000/04/30 14:51:48 andreas
Exp $

please mail this form to:	andreas@klemm.gtn.com

with the subject:		 Nothing happens through apsfilter. cat print.txt > /dev/lp0 prints text,
albeit stepped.  echo hello...etc prints page.


(1) Some simple questions:

	Operating System  :
	if Linux	  : Built from scatch

	apsfilter Rel.    : apsfilter-5.4.2
	ghostscript Rel.  : gs 6.01 (make sure with gs -h)
	Printer           : DJ 500C
	serial/parallel   : parallel printer
	Mono/Color        : mono printer
	Postscript-Printer: no
	Print Resolution  : 300 X 300
	or                : GS_RESOL set by apsfilterrc file ?
	or                : set by filterscript name ?
	Your Full Name    : Cliff Mcdiarmid
	Your e-mail addr  : cliffy@cliffhangers.screaming.net

(2) - Problem description
    - what ghostscript printer driver did you use ?

djet500

(3) Any error messages from your operating system, indicating trouble 
    concerning TCP/IP, lpd ? Browse your systems syslog logfiles, i.e.
    /var/log/messages or /var/log/lpd-errs, ... ?

Oct 27 18:31:18 cliffhangers lpd[17550]: can't find user - can't fork
Oct 27 18:31:18 cliffhangers lpd[17550]: lp: filter 'f' terminated (termsig=88)
Oct 27 18:31:18 cliffhangers lpd[17550]: lp: job could not be printed (cfA000cliffhangers)

(4) Did you read all help-files ?

	The most important are:
	- INSTALL, FAQ, README, KNOWN_BUGS,TODO, ChangeLog
	- HOWTO-BUGREPORTS, doc/README.TeX, doc/REMOTE-PRINTING,
	- doc/TROUBLESHOOTING
	If not, then please do so first.

YES

(5) Did you enable debugging in the apsfilter shellscript
    to track down simple errors yourself ? More infos on how to do this,
    see doc/TROUBLESHOOTING, section 1.5. Please do so first !!!
    If you can't find the problem, then please send me the debugging
    output of *exactly* one print session.

Yes, but no output was present in log file

(6) The printer entry from your /etc/printcap file, that caused trouble,
    i.e. if you have trouble forcing ASCII printing the entry from the
    printer named auto would be fine:

	# LABEL apsfilter
	# apsfilter setup Sun Apr 23 13:08:51 CEST 2000
	#
	# DON'T DELETE THIS:
	# APS_BASEDIR:/usr/local/apsfilter
	#
	# APS1_BEGIN:printer1:stcolor:a4:default
	# - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
	# - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
	#
	lp|aps1-stcolor-a4-auto-default|Printer1 stcolor a4 auto default:\
	    :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
	    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-stcolor-a4-auto-default:\
	    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-stcolor-a4-auto-default/log:\
	    :af=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-stcolor-a4-auto-default/acct:\
	    :if=/usr/local/apsfilter/filter/aps1-stcolor-a4-auto-default:\
	    :mx#0:\
	    :sh:

(7) Did you modify /etc/apsfilterrc or /etc/apsfilterrc.<GS_DRIVERNAME> ?   NO
    If you modified the file, try printing without the modifications.
    Still problems ?

(8) Do you have a private and modified copy of /etc/apsfilterrc in   NO
    your login/home directory ($HOME/.apsfilterrc or 
    $HOME.apsfilterrc.<GS_DRIVERNAME> ?

(9) Do you use an (old) global /etc/apsfilterrc file ?               NO
    Apsfilter 5.1.5 an newer should have printer specific settings
    only in /etc/apsfilterrc.<gs-drivername>
    /etc/apsfilterrc is global for all printers, so you should avoid
    printer specific settings. Best is to backup and remove the file
    when doing a new installation.

(10) Is it perhaps a file type recognition problem ?                    NO
     The output of your file(1) command on the file that can't be printed:
    i.e. type:	file file_that_can't_be_printed 
		README: English text

(11) The part of your printers logfile, that logged the commands of     Nothing present
     your failed print session, see lf= in /etc/printcap, i.e.:
	lp|aps1-stcolor-a4-auto-default|Printer1 stcolor a4 auto default:\
	    :lf=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-stcolor-a4-auto-default/log:\
	    :af=/var/spool/lpd/printer1-stcolor-a4-auto-default/acct:\
     So you find debugging output in the file
		/var/spool/lpd/printer1-stcolor-a4-auto-default/log
     This logfile contains debugging data, if you enabled debugging as
     described in TROUBLESHOOTING, section 1.5.

(12) Mostly true on Linux Distributions:
     Do you use the traditional printer spooler (lpd)
     or the one that is called LPRng (line printer next generation) ?

Thanks for complete informations !

	Andreas ///

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