Re: printing gone to hell?

[James Francis <jfrancis etransport com>]

I have the same problem.  RH6.1 does not seem to work properly with JetDirect
cards.

I basically wrote a script (included) as a work around to the problem....

I called it lpjd and use it instead of lpr...until the problem is fixed in
lpr.

#! /bin/bash

lpr $@

until lpq | grep "daemon"
do
    lprm $(lpq | grep -w $USER | awk '{ print $3 }')  2>&1 > /dev/null
    break
done

JMF
Gene L Reynolds/GYR/CC01/INEEL/US wrote:

> I also have a question about printing.  I have RH6.1 out of the box
> installed
> I used the printtool app to install a remote PS (networked printer)  I
> print directly
> to the jetdirect card on the printer using the  printools test files.  The
> file prints
> fine but leaves the control file in the spool dir. the other two files are
> gone.
>
> Now I change the printcap to point to a printer on a remote host that
> has a printcap pointing to the same printer.  The data files and the
> controll file go where there supposto ,  but will not print on the HP/UX
> system. Is there a bsd v// sys5 problem in the files or the way they are
> delivered??? I have sent bsd print files to the same que on that machine
>  in the past and they print fine.  I am using the auto PS feature for the
> filter.
> Thanks everyone
>
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