| Andreas Klemm on Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:10:48 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: Printing to multiple, identical network printers |
You use suesefilter not apsfilter.
Thats not the same product.
Years ago they started with apsfilter, called it so, but when
the product turned into a different one, they didn't change
name ...
Please call suse support or use the real apsfilter.
Andreas ///
On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 03:12:32PM +0200, Volker Manns wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I've done a similar post in the chat, but it was probably lacking enough
> detail to merit a response.
>
> Here we go again:
>
> System...: SuSe Linux 7.1 out-of-the-box
> Apsfilter: Version SuSe 1.8
> Printers.: 3 Brother HL1250 (accepts LaserJet 4 600 dpi emulation)
> PServers.: 3 NetGear PS110 (two parallel ports)
>
> Preface:
> The 3 printer/printserver combos are hooked to the IP network and are named
> s6_netgear, s7_netgear and s8_netgear respectively. Only port 1 is used,
> queued to q6_port1, q7_port1 and q8_port1 respectively.
> Using lprsetup I configured s7 (resulting in the "remote" entry), added
> the filters - no problem. Printouts o.k.
>
> I proceeded to add s6, and the resulting entry resulted in a
> "s6_netgear-q6_port1" entry, aliased as lp5. So far, so good.
>
> Problem:
> I cannot add filtering to lp5, since the drivers are exact matches to lp1
> ("remote"). Trying to do so, results in the following message:
> Printer entry:
> /var/lib/apsfilter/apsfilter.setup:
> Entry ### ljet4 a4 mono 600 ### exists
>
> How can I reference three identical printer / printserver combos? If the
> "automatic" setup does not support this scenario, is there a manual
> workaround?
>
> I've tried editing the apsfilter script, copying it to apsfilter2, adjusting links, creating manual spool dirs, etc. - all to no avail.
>
> Here's my /etc/printcap:
>
> #
> remote|lp1|s7_netgear-q7_port1|s7_netgear q7_port1:\
> :lp=:\
> :rm=s7_netgear:\
> :rp=q7_port1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/s7_netgear-q7_port1:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/s7_netgear-q7_port1/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/s7_netgear-q7_port1/acct:\
> :ar:bk:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> ### END apsfilter: ### remote s7_netgear q7_port1 ###
> #
> ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### ljet4 a4 mono 600 ###
> # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels!
> # apsfilter setup Mon Sep 3 18:27:11 CEST 2001
> #
> ascii|lp2|ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600|ljet4 a4 ascii mono 600:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600/acct:\
> :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/ljet4-a4-ascii-mono-600:\
> :la@:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> lp|lp3|ljet4-a4-auto-mono-600|ljet4 a4 auto mono 600:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-auto-mono-600:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-auto-mono-600/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-auto-mono-600/acct:\
> :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/ljet4-a4-auto-mono-600:\
> :la@:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> raw|lp4|ljet4-a4-raw|ljet4 a4 raw:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-raw:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-raw/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet4-a4-raw/acct:\
> :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/ljet4-a4-raw:\
> :la@:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> ### END apsfilter: ### ljet4 a4 mono 600 ###
> ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### remote s6_netgear q6_port1 ###
> # Warning: Configured for apsfilter, do not edit the labels!
> # apsfilter setup Tue Sep 4 14:44:22 CEST 2001
> #
> s6_netgear-q6_port1|lp5|s6_netgear-q6_port1|s6_netgear q6_port1:\
> :lp=:\
> :rm=s6_netgear:\
> :rp=q6_port1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/s6_netgear-q6_port1:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/s6_netgear-q6_port1/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/s6_netgear-q6_port1/acct:\
> :ar:bk:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> ### END apsfilter: ### remote s6_netgear q6_port1 ###
>
>
> Thanks in advance for all offered help!
>
> Best regards,
>
> Volker Manns
>
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