Re: Printing to Win2K share printer with apsfilter via samba fails

[Michael Loßin <phallobst@xxxxxx>]

apsfilter-help@apsfilter.org schrieb am 13.11.02 20:08:35:
> > Printer entry created by apsfilter setup in /etc/printcap:
> > # APS1_BEGIN:printer1
> > # - don't delete start label for apsfilter printer1
> > # - no other printer defines between BEGIN and END LABEL
> > hp845c|ijs/DESKJET_845;r=600x300;q=high;c=full;p=a4;m=auto:\
> >     :lp=/dev/null:\
> 
> /dev/null ?!?  Are you sure this is supposed to be here?
> The setup should have done this (or is it just for
> testing purposes?).
> 
> >     :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
> >     :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp845c:\
> >     :lf=/var/spool/lpd/hp845c/log:\
> >     :af=/var/spool/lpd/hp845c/acct:\
> >     :mx#0:\
> >     :sh:
> > # APS1_END - don't delete this
> 
> What you've seen here (inclusinve of the ":lp=/dev/null:\" line) is
> EXACTLY what I ended up with after configuring / installing apsfilter.
> 
> What you've suggested as what the /etc/printcap entry that should have
> been inserted by apsfilter is news to me. I've been posting that very
> same /etc/printcap entry for over a week, and no-one's said anything
> about it. In fact, Michael, every single respondent, said that its fine.

Well, the lp=/dev/null was created only with some "help"
by you, since the apsfilter setup can't know which device
to talk to.
So during the setup (in "interface setup") you must've
entered "/dev/null" as the target device, but it should
rather be "/dev/lp0" or something like that.

> > Checking spool logs:
> > # tail /var/spool/lpd/hp845c/log
> > apsfilter: The configuration file
> > /usr/local/etc/apsfilter/hp845c/apsfilterrc
> > apsfilter: is missing. Please run SETUP.
> 
> > But this file DOES exist:
> > [it really does]
> 
> It's probably a file permission problem. Please tell us
> what the permissions of
> "/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/hp845c/apsfilterrc" are.
> 
> Its set to 600.

This is not guaranteed to work -- it depends on the
printer spooler. Please make it world readable
(chmod 644 /usr/local/etc/apsfilter/hp845c/apsfilterrc)
and try again. (Don't forget the lp=/dev/lp0 stuff,
and restart the printer spooler daemon.)

I don't know why this doesn't work for you. Did you
use a distribution specific package or the original
tarball from www.apsfilter.org?


Michael
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