ppr-list-digest volume 1, number 171, message 1

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From: "David S. Chappell" <David.Chappell@mail.trincoll.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Oct 1999 15:13:34 -0400
Subject: Re: PPR: HP problems

At 03:47 PM 10/1/99 +0200, Ufficio C.E.D. wrote:
>I have successfully installed PPR v. 1.32 on my Linux 2.0.36 box and
>everything goes right for me except fo a couple of problems:
>
>1) Sometimes when i try to spool to an HP2500CP plotter (postscript lev.3) ,
>printing stops and i got a postscript error ; looking at it with "ppop log
>HP-2500-15" i have :
>
>WARNING: Requested medium is not listed in the media database
>%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: estore ]%%
>%%[ Flushing: rest of job (to end-of-file) will be ignored ]%%

The think we need to know here is how the PostScript file was generated.
Did it come from Unix, MS-Windows, or Macintosh?

>2) I got an Apple's LaserWriter 8500 with two folder named Standard (with A3
>paper) and Lower (with A4 paper) ; the problem is that selecting "automatic"
>, Standard , or Lower folder the printer always choose the A4.
>I tried to automatically add bins as described in the http manual but
>nothing happens : the ppad show command shows:

Don't add bins to the PPR queue if you want to manualy select bins on PC
(MS or Mac) clients.  What are you printing from in this case?


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