Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:17:39 -0700 From: "Pleschutznig, Andreas" <Andreas.Pleschutznig@Schwab.COM> To: "'M. L. Dodson'" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems with incomplete printing Message-ID: <11585F032846CF11867900805FE2A57706D617E0@n1002smx.nt.schwab.com>
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What happens with the raw print? It fails! The problem really seems to be related to the length of the print request. Kind of as if the printer gets reset after the lpt driver sent out all data. Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: M. L. Dodson [mailto:bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 11:10 AM > To: Pleschutznig, Andreas > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: Problems with incomplete printing > > > Pleschutznig, Andreas writes: > > Hi everybody, > > > > I just finished setting up my home gateway system, and > server. Then I wanted > > to declare the system to be a server for everything at > home. (Disk, printer, > > ...) So far disk is working like a charm, but I'm having > slight problems > > with the setup of the printing service. > > > > My printer is a Epson Stylus 500 and I connected it via > the parallel port > > /dev/lpt0. Printing with all goodies, like gs and > magicfilter works great as > > long as the print fits into the buffer ram of the printer. > If I try to print > > a longer printout, I only get a half way printed page. It > seems to me that > > for some reason not everything is printed. > > > > What happens when you do the conversion from postscript to Epson > code manually on the command line (for example, converting the > tiger), then sending the resulting Epson code to the raw printer > port? If this works, then your lpr filter setup is likely at > fault. If the raw printer port job fails, then your ghostscript > setup is suspect. > > I've no experience with magicfilter, I use apsfilter, which I > recommend. However, not everyone wants to install teTeX just to > prettyprint their man pages. ;-) > > > Any hints on why my printer (system) doesn't print longer reports? > > > > Thanks > > > > O, BTW I'm running 3.2 stable > > > > > > -- > > Andreas Pleschutznig > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > -- > M. L. Dodson bdodson@scms.utmb.edu > 409-772-2178 FAX: 409-772-1790 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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