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From: Christoph Kukulies <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de>
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Subject: Re: Printcaps...
In-Reply-To: <199611112319.SAA00818@spoon.beta.com> from "Brian J. McGovern" at "Nov 11, 96 06:19:09 pm"
To: mcgovern@spoon.beta.com (Brian J. McGovern)
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 08:48:44 +0100 (MET)
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> Thanks for all the people that helped me getting PS via GS working with my
> inkjet. One last problem. I have hosts.equiv set up to let a couple of hosts
> use LPR printing to my Unix host. When I print text or postscript from the
> local machine, it works fine. When I print from my Windows 3.1 workstation
> (again, using LPR, and the printdrivers for the color bubblejet (Cannon BJC
> 600), it gives the following error:

You mean you have enabled the Windows printer driver for that printer
on the Windows side and you are connecting to a lpr printer? 
I'm not aware what printing options you have on the Win 3.1 side
but I would guess Windows is sending codes for the Cannon BJC to the
lpr daemon which is getting puzzled. Try to use transparent printing on the
Windows side, e.g. choose a (fake) Postscript printer.

> 
> <Date> spoon lpd[pid]: lp no filter found in printcap for format character 'v'
> 
> Then it says the job can't be printed, and poof, its gone from the queue. Any
> answers?
> 
> Thanks...
> 	-Brian
> 
> 
> My Printcap looks like:
> 
> lp|Cannon Inkjet:\
> 	:sh:mx#0:\
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600:\
> 	:lp=/dev/lpt0:\
> 	:lf=/var/log/bjc600.log:\
> 	:if=/usr/local/libexec/if-cannon:\
> 	:tf=/usr/local/libexec/tr-cannon:\
> 	:df=/usr/local/libexec/dvi-cannon:
> 
> My filters look like:
> 
> /usr/local/libexec/if-cannon:
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> # if-ljetplus: a filter to print plain files or postscript files
> #
> #
> # We don't really need this
> #
> # This line resets the printer, and sets character size to:
> # 12cpi/6.6lpi.
> # printf "\033E\033&l2a0o7.27C\033(s0p12h3T"
> set PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/libexec:/usr/local/lib/ghostscript:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
> export PATH
> read first_line
> first_two_chars=`expr "$first_line" : '\(..\)'`
> 
> if [ "$first_two_chars" = "%!" ]; then
>     /usr/local/bin/gs -I/usr/local/share/ghostscript/4.02  -r320 -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -q -sDEVICE=bjc600 -sPAPERSIZE=letter -sOutputFile=- - \
> 	&& exit 0
> else
>     (echo $first_line && cat && printf "\f")
>         && exit 0
> fi
> 
> exit 2
> 
> 
> /usr/local/libexec/tr-cannon:
> 
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> # tr-ljetplus: convert groff output to postscript, and print.
> #
> /usr/bin/grops | /usr/local/libexec/if-cannon "$@"
> 
> 
> /usr/local/libexec/dvi-cannon:
> #!/bin/sh
> #
> # dvi-ljetplus: convert dvi to postscript, and print it.
> #
> /usr/local/bin/dvips -f | /usr/local/libexec/if-cannon "$@"
> 
> 

--Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de