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Harondel J. Sibble (help@pdscc.com)
Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:44:13 -0700
On 4 Apr 00, at 16:16, Mike Bell wrote:
> What are you trying to print?
first the rh printool ascii text page - this works
then second a win95 printer test page via samba - this doesn't work, it
almost looks like the data just disappears into the ether with the latter
test. It doesn't show up at all in the windows printer queue and I don't see
any data arriving at the printserver.
> First thing to try is as low level as possible, for instance with the HP
> Laserjet 5000N you telnet into port 9100 and whatever you type gets sent to
> the printer.
Cool, I just tried telnetting in, it does have this feature. OTOH it doesn't
print out what I type, it just gives you stats on the server and attached
printer(s)
>Then you'll want to try something like printing ASCII text, which shouldn't get encoded.
as above works fine
>If that works, but non-ascii stuff does not, you know it's your filter.
nope this filter is same one I used when the printer was attached directly to
the RH6.0 box. In this case the HPDeskjet 500 filter for my HPDj540 Inkjet.
Once I have this working I plan to hook up my Brother Laser on the second
port on the printserver.
>If that does not work, but you can print by telnetting into the print server on its raw
> data port, then you have a problem with your printcap.
will have to look into that as I don't know if that is possible.
Harondel J. Sibble
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