On Tue, 05 Mar 2002 21:49:40 +0100, Wolfgang Hlawatsch wrote: >I am fairly new to Linux, and I am just about to install my printserver >with Debian (Potato). > >The printer refuses to print a postscript file by use of lpr. I used >"magicfilterconfig --force" several times, but I receive no printout. I >looked at the printcap-file, and compared with different information I >found in the net, but as I can judge it seems o.k. > >I can print a file using: >gs -q -dSAFER -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=necp6 -sOutputFile=\|lpr >(filename) >it works perfectly. > >That tells me that lpd is running, isn't it? But using: > >lpr (filename) I receive no output from the printer. > >I can watch for a short time, using lpq that the printjob is in the >print-queue. Not any reaction of the printer is the result. When I >remove the command: sh in the printcap I receive a trailing page. So, >my conclusion is, the problem is in the magicfilter-file. But what can >be the problem? > >I tried different parameters the first two lines in "necp6-filter", and >it did not solve the problem. > >I was reading among others that the printcap-file must be activated as >an executable. How can I test, or perform, this? Or is it a permission >problem? How to test this?
I'm not going to be of direct help here. I can only suggest that you do as I did. Install apsfilter. The configurator is *very* easy to run, and it creates a good printcap file. It also deals with gs for you. I can say that printing to my old dot matrix or to my Canon bubble jet is totally painless. I have not run into a printable file that it can't handle. For example, send a LaTeX .dvi file straight to the printer w/o converting to ps first. I think the apsfilter/gs/lpr suite is a nice combo that will solve your non-printing situation. -- gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
