Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 14:31:02 -0400 From: "Pleschutznig, Andreas" <Andreas.Pleschutznig@Schwab.COM> To: "'M. L. Dodson'" <bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Problems with incomplete printing Message-ID: <11585F032846CF11867900805FE2A57706D617E1@n1002smx.nt.schwab.com>
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No, I don't. That's a good tip. Thanks, Gotta try that tonight. Take care, happy hacking -- Andreas Pleschutznig > -----Original Message----- > From: M. L. Dodson [mailto:bdodson@beowulf.utmb.edu] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 1999 11:29 AM > To: Pleschutznig, Andreas > Cc: 'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org' > Subject: RE: Problems with incomplete printing > > > 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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