From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Nov 24 01:09:23 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA25820 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:09:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from shell.tsoft.com (shell.tsoft.com [207.201.34.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA25815 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:09:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cgrimes@shell.tsoft.com) Received: (from cgrimes@localhost) by shell.tsoft.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA15934; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:07:10 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.1 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 01:03:19 -0800 (PST) From: Chuck Grimes To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Printing Problem Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hey, all. I have a printing problem with the lpr spool (running FreeBSD 2.2.5). The rc.conf has lpd "YES" and flags "" nill. I can print out 6 to 12 pages and the output stops. The printer is QMS 815MR, a postscript printer (b&w with 6Mb RAM). The printcap entry: qms|lp|QMS|QMS-PS 815 Postscript v52.4:\ :br#9600:lp=/dev/cuaa0:ct#0:mx#0:\ :fs#0x82000e1:xs#0x820:sf:sh:rw:sb:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif: I have played around with printcap and it seems to either work or not, but when a particular configuration is working, I never get beyond the 6 to 12 page limit. The br#,ct#,fs#,xs# and sf,sb entries were additions that seemed to have no effect--so I left them in (gleaned from various sources). I have gone over the FreeBSD books (2.2.2 & 2.2.5), the on-line tutorials, handbook, and searched the e-mail archives. I have tried the -s option or symbolic link to file to skip the intermediate spooling--still the same problem. Checking the disk space for spooling: #df -k /var/spool/lpd #Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/wd1s1e 29727 4760 22589 17% /var The permissions from #cd /var ll: drwxrw-xr-x 8 bin bin 512 Aug 23 11:19 spool drwxrw-xr-x 3 bin daemon 512 Nov 22 14:34 lpd then #cd lpd ll: drwxrwxrwx 2 bin daemon 512 Nov 22 20:45 . drwxrwxrwx 3 bin daemon 512 Nov 22 14:34 .. -rw-r----x 1 root daemon 4 Nov 22 20:44 .seq -rw-r--r-- 1 root daemon 20 Nov 22 20:44 lock -rw-rw-r-- 1 root daemon 25 Nov 22 20:44 status Status reports 'lp ready and waiting', lock says, '647' which I assume was the job number for 'cfA007tsoft.com' the other entry. I assume that was the last output file that died. These permissions are the same as those on the live file system of the second cd. I downloaded the latest (2.2.5 stable) of lprps but no change. I also tried the Enscript pkg which produces better looking output and can be configured either from the cli or the .enscriptrc, but the same problem. In X-windows printing from emacs gives nice headers, but slightly fewer pages of output. Although some people from the mail archives reported a 'file too large' error, I've never had this error mesg. Usually the lpd-log reports some fairly random output error--usually an intelligible string such as 'moveto' which is a postscript command. Because of this, at first I thought it was the lprps filter, which it still might be, but I doubt it--this was the initial reason for downloading and installing Enscript. Using ghostscript will generate about three pages before the output stops. So, I can print out a large document but only by print three pages at a time. I should mention that when I use the print driver in StarOffice 4.0, I can print out anything from plain text to html, ps or whatever. So, the communications ports, and underlying hardware are working. But something is wrong with the lpr, spooler, permissions or something that SO4.0 doesn't use. (Also on the Win95 drive, the printer works.) I am stumped. Any suggestions, patches or alternatives would be welcomed relief, since this has been a long and empty struggle. Thanks in advance. Chuck Grimes cgrimes@tsoft.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message