I have setup a new printer via a jetdirect on a SCO system. I can ping the printer and see it on the network.
When I print a file using the lpr command the printer queue show up idle and not print out on the printer.
I need help.
Thanks Ashok
Did you set up the printer using the HP print manager, or did you set it up as a remote printer using lpr/lpd
Yes, I setup using the HP network Print Manager and added the printer to the spooler via option 6, "Add printer to spooler".
Ashok
Turn the printer off, and create a print job.
Does the print job show in the output of "lpstat -t"
Is the printer enabled and accepting print jobs, look in the output of "lpstat -t"
Is the jetdirect a single or three port device. TCP port numbers would be 9100, 9101 and 9102 for port 1 2 and 3 respectively.
Yes, I have gone thru that process and yes the job shows up when I do a lpstat -t when the printer is disabled and turned off.
Once enabled and turned on the job does get processes but nothing prints out and the job is gone from the queue.
The Jet Direct is a single port device and I have tested it by printing to it via a windows computer setup as a network printer.
If you are printing to a PCL5 printer, make sure you have carriage returns in your print file, or have ESC&k2G in the beginning of the print file.
It's an Epson LQ-680Pro dot matrix printer. Sorry for the next dumb question but how would I add the "ESC&k2G" into every report/file we print. I tested it with a file by adding "ESC&k2G" as it appears and same thing nothing prints.
A
That is an escape sequence to turn LF into CRLF otherwise a laser printer would print the entire report on the first line, and probably not eject the page, leaving you with the impression that nothing went to the printer.
You could try this for a printer interface.
Create a new printer, local using /dev/null for the device, and dumb for the interface.
Modify the /usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/destination to look like the following.
: ${LOCALPATH:=${SPOOLDIR}/bin}
F=`/bin/basename $1`
copies=$4
shift; shift; shift; shift; shift
files="$*"
i=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
for file in $files
do
echo "root\n" >/tmp/$F
echo "put $file LPT1" >>/tmp/$F
echo "quit" >>/tmp/$F
ftp office </tmp/$F
done
rm /tmp/$F
i=`expr $i + 1`
done
exit 0
Where 'office' is the IP/hostname of the printer, and LPT1 is the queue name of the jetdirect.
When I originally added the printer, it created the following files the
/usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/corpitlbl
MODEL=`basename $0`
REALMODEL=`echo $0 | sed -e "s%$MODEL%model.orig/$MODEL%"`
#
# This name may be initialized when the script is
# installed in the spooler. If not, use the name
# of this script ($MODEL) as the peripheral to contact.
#
PERIPH=
if [ "$PERIPH" = "" ]
then
PERIPH=$MODEL
fi
LOG=/tmp/$PERIPH.$$
HPNPF=/usr/lib/hpnp/hpnpf
LPLOG=/tmp/hpnpf.$$
LOGTRIES=5
echo "$1\t$REALMODEL | $HPNPF -x $PERIPH" >> $LPLOG
#
# Remove the log file if job is cancelled
# or the scheduler is shutdown.
#
trap "rm -f $LOG $LPLOG; trap 15;kill -15 0;exit 0" 15
ERRORLOGS=0
while :
do
#
# Save the stderr messages in a temporary log file
# and discard stdout which is the peripheral output.
#
rm -f $LOG
if $REALMODEL "$@" | $HPNPF -x $PERIPH 2> $LOG > /dev/null
then
#
# If the transfer is successful, remove
# the log file and exit.
#
rm -f $LOG $LPLOG
exit 0
else
#
# Added the request ID to the stderr message
# and store it in the lp log file.
#
# Only record the first $LOGTRIES errors. If
# the spooler gets in a loop retrying a job, the
# disk won't fill up with spooler log error messages.
#
if test -s $LOG -a $ERRORLOGS -lt $LOGTRIES
then
echo "$1\t`cat $LOG`" >> $LPLOG
ERRORLOGS=`expr $ERRORLOGS + 1`
fi
if test $ERRORLOGS -eq $LOGTRIES
then
echo "$1\t$LOGTRIES errors logged for $1; errors no longer logged" >> $LPLOG
ERRORLOGS=`expr $ERRORLOGS + 1`
fi
fi
if [ ! -s $LPLOG ]
then
rm -f $LPLOG
fi
sleep 10
done
/usr/spool/lp/admins/lp/interfaces/model.orig/corpitlbl
#ident "@(#)lp:model/dumb 1.3.1.2"
# lp interface for dumb line printer
#
x="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
#Set up some global variables.
: ${SPOOLDIR:=/usr/spool/lp}
: ${LOCALPATH:=${SPOOLDIR}/bin}
#Set up the default filter.
if [ -x "${LOCALPATH}/lp.cat" ]
then
LPCAT="${LOCALPATH}/lp.cat 0"
else
LPCAT="cat"
fi
#If we are not using a filter, use the default one.
if [ -z "${FILTER}" ]
then
FILTER="${LPCAT}"
fi
if [ -x "${LOCALPATH}/drain.output" ]
then
DRAIN="${LOCALPATH}/drain.output 1"
else
DRAIN=
fi
nobanner="no"
if [ -z "${BANNERS}" ]
then
nhead=1
else
nhead=${BANNERS}
fi
for i in $5
do
case "${i}" in
nobanner )
nobanner="yes"
;;
esac
done
if [ "no" = "${nobanner}" ]
then
while [ $nhead -gt 0 ]
do
echo "\014\c"
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n"
banner "$2"
echo "\n"
user=`grep "^$2:" /etc/passwd | line | cut -d: -f5`
if [ -n "$user" ]
then
echo "User: $user\n"
else
echo "\n"
fi
echo "Request id: $1 Printer: `basename $0`\n"
date
echo "\n"
if [ -n "$3" ]
then
banner $3
fi
nhead=`expr $nhead - 1`
done
fi
copies=$4
echo "\014\c"
shift; shift; shift; shift; shift
files="$*"
i=1
while [ $i -le $copies ]
do
for file in $files
do
0<${file} eval ${FILTER} 2>&1
echo "\014\c"
done
i=`expr $i + 1`
done
if [ "no" = "${nobanner}" ]
then
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
echo "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x"
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
echo "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n"
echo "$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n$x\n"
fi
#Draining characters might be necessary.
${DRAIN}
exit 0
So I'm not sure which file to add to and where in the file.
Thanks for you help.
Just create a new local printer, not a HP network printer, then replace the portion of the interface file.
Will not be at the clients site until Tuesday, will try it then.
Thanks
hello
please
I have the same problem and I wonder if you already solved. How did you do?
thanks
Edgar,
Start a new thread and post some specifics about the hardware.
Jack