Fixed my own problem ... replaced apsfilter with magicfilter and now it prints fine... go figure :\
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Chad D. Zimmerman wrote: > > Ok, it was the zipdrive causing the non-printing .. but now another small > problem has started ... I am getting the stair stepping now... > > This prints but stairsteps: > > lp|Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\ > :lp=/dev/lp1:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > :tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ > :pl#66:\ > :pw#80:\ > :pc#150:\ > :mx#0:\ > :rp=text:\ > :sh: > > This is the apsfilter setup ... but doesn't print anything at all .. just > keeps the files in the que: > > lp|lp2|bj200-letter-auto-mono|bj200 auto mono:\ > :lp=/dev/lp1:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono:\ > :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono/log:\ > :af=/var/spool/lpd/bj200-letter-auto-mono/acct:\ > :if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bj200-letter-ascii-mono:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > :rp=text:\ > > Any ideas what I have going wrong here? I have tried eveything I know > from when I had this problem 15 months ago ... :\ > > Chad > > > > On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, Michael Tempsch wrote: > > > > >> > > >>Could it be because I am going from the printer port to the zip drive to > > >>the printer? > > > > Most likely yes... > > > > If you didn't compile ppa and lp as modules when you compiled your kernel > > it won't work. So, recompile kernel with ppa and lp as modules; > > when you want to print do: 'rmmod ppa ; insmod lp' and when you want to > > access the ZIPdrive 'rmmod lp ; insmod ppa' > > Kludgy, yes... there's a (experimental?) patch so that the printer and ZIP > > may coexist without you having to do rmmod/insmod all the time: > > http://www.cyberelk.demon.co.uk/parport.html > > I haven't tried this one myself... > > > > /Michael > > -- > > | Linux: Turn on...Tune in...Fork out... | > > | Michael Tempsch, member of Ballistic Wizards, TIP#088, POG#130 | > > | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > | Cell.Phone:+46 705487554 URL:http://www.dtek.chalmers.se/%7Ed1temp | > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Chad D. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Southwest Technology Development Institute > New Mexico State University > --- > HP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ > DBP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Debian/ > LCAO: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Las_Cruces_Art/ > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Chad D.. Zimmerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Southwest Technology Development Institute New Mexico State University --- HP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/ DBP: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Debian/ LCAO: http://dabcc-www.nmsu.edu/~chad/Las_Cruces_Art/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
