Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 13:28:58 -0500 (CDT) From: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> To: "Pleschutznig, Andreas" <Andreas.Pleschutznig@Schwab.COM> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems with incomplete printing Message-ID: <199907091828.NAA65137@beowulf.utmb.edu> In-Reply-To: <11585F032846CF11867900805FE2A57706D617E0@n1002smx.nt.schwab.com> References: <11585F032846CF11867900805FE2A57706D617E0@n1002smx.nt.schwab.com>
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Pleschutznig, Andreas writes: > 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 Do you have a line or variable such as :mx#0: in /etc/printcap? Unless you set the mx printcap variable to 0, the printjob will have a maximum size (1MB?, don't remember offhand). > > -----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 > > > > > > [deleta] -- 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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