ppr-list-digest volume 1, number 161, message 1

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From: "David S. Chappell" <David.Chappell@mail.trincoll.edu>
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 13:41:39 -0400
Subject: Re: PPR: Some problems with PPR 1.40a7

At 09:50 PM 9/1/99 +0300, you wrote:

>I found out that while printing straight from win95 thru samba
>(Samba 2.0.5a and Samba 1.9.18p10) generated a crap page (usually just a
>strange pi-like character on a otherwise empty page), printing to a file
>and using command line ppr worked just fine.
>This is the end of that file (cut&paste from emacs):
>
>%%Trailer
>%%DocumentNeededFonts: Helvetica
>%%DocumentSuppliedFonts: 
>/AdobePS_Win_Driver /ProcSet findresource dup /terminate get exec
>AdobePS_Win_Compat dup /terminate get exec
>%%Pages: 1
>(%%[ LastPage ]%%)  =
>%%EOF
>%-12345X@PJL EOJ
>%-12345X
>
>File ends with that 'X' letter, no lf or cr there, could this be it?

Nope.  The way it ends looks fine.  That is a Hewett Packard Universal Exit
Language command.  The sequence <ESC>%-12345X, no end of line required.

Try switching the jobbreak method to control-d:

$ ppad jobbreak marianne control-d

I don't any specific reason it might, but it might make a difference.

If you are ambitious, you could also set up a test queue with the dummy
interface and set jobbreak to "pjl" and see what it writes to the output
file when you print to it from Win95.

>ppad show marianne output:
>Printer name: marianne
>Comment: Yhteisen mikron huoneessa, ikkunan edessä
>Interface: tcpip
>Address: "marianne:9100"
>Options: 
>JobBreak: pjl (by default)
>Feedback: yes (by default)
>Codes: TBCP (by default)
>PPDFile: HP LaserJet 5Si
>Flags: no no (banners discouraged, trailers discouraged)
>Bins: Tray3, Tray4, Tray1, Autoselect
>OutputOrder: PPD
>Charge: none
>Alert frequency: 5 (send alert every 5 errors)
>Alert method: mail
>Alert address: ajake@etla.fi
>Default Filter Options: level=2 colour=False resolution=600 freevm=1515136
>    mfmode=ljfive
>Switchset: 
>PassThru Types: 
>PagesLimit: none
>PPDOpt: *Option1 False (Envelope Feeder  Not Installed)
>PPDOpt: *Option2 False (2000-Sheet Input Tray (Tray 4) Not Installed)
>PPDOpt: *Option3 True (Duplex Unit (for 2-Sided Printing) Installed)
>PPDOpt: *Option4 False (Multi-Bin Mailbox Not Installed)
>PPDOpt: *InstalledMemory 12Meg (Printer Memory 12 - 27 MB Total RAM)
>
>
>> >Trying to print from windows (samba) puts jobs in arrested state claiming
>> >"1 missing rsrc", i'll start to investigate this after i'll complete this
>> >mail.
>
>Oops, this one i solved by reinstalling laserjet drivers.
> 

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