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From: rose.wu@utoronto.ca Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 01:01:00 -0500 Subject: Re: PPR: Too many copies of one page printing job Hi, David, Thanks for your reply. It prints 1 copies of page1 then 10 copiey of page2 in this case. We did have a printer (Lexmark T620) before that continued to print the same pages until the job was canceled. We print the PostScript files in most of cases. It happened for the simple text file as well. I have a test server with the same queue configured without "-H transparent" configured, but still have the same problem. When I configured using the command: # ppad ppd bby451903nw03 “HP LaserJet 4000 Series” I got following error message: Warning: /usr/share/ppr/lib/mfmodes.conf have no matching clause! Some filters may not work correctly. But I checked /usr/share/ppr/lib/mfmodes.conf file and did find an entry: HP LaserJet 4000 Series:*:*:600dpi:ljfive HP LaserJet 4000 Series:*:*:1200dpi:ljfzzz Thanks for your help! Quoting David Chappell <David.Chappell@mail.cc.trincoll.edu>: > Let's make sure I understand the problem correctly. > > * If you send a two page file, does it print page 1 and then page 2 and > then page 1 and then page 2? Or does it print lots of copies of page 1? > > * Does this continue until you cancel the job? > > * Is there any delay between copies? > > * Does the command > ppop alerts ppad show bby451903nw03-ps > show any interesting messages? > > * What kind of file are you printing? Does it happen if you print a > simple text file, like this? > ppr -d bby451903nw03-ps myfile.txt > > * Why are you using the option "-H transparent"? This option was > created as a way to test print severely broken PostScript files. It > will not help you if the printer won't print and could confuse the > situation. > > (It is unfortunate that I chose the word transparent, a word with > strongly positive connotations. Maybe I should change the name to > something like lobotomize or close-your-eyes-and-jump. And yes, I know > that there are people who have a lot of defective jobs and run with -H > transparent because I haven't implemented passthru mode for PostScript > yet. I will go work on that right now.) > > On ÷ÓË, 2003-02-16 at 23:35, rose.wu@utoronto.ca wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I am a new user for PPR. We have PPR utility set up on Solaris 8. There is > a > > networked HP LaserJet 4000 Series printer. It always print more copies of > the > > same pages when we sent out one page file. As PPR website recommended, I > > configued PPD file as HP LaserJet 4000 Series, and set up option > > as "idle_status_interval=15". However, it won't help. The problem still > exists. > > > > What else I can try to solve the problem? Anyone can help? > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > The configuration file like this: > > > > # ppad show bby451903nw03-ps > > Printer name: bby451903nw03-ps > > Comment: > > Interface: tcpip > > Address: "bby-4519-03nw-03.wireless.corp.ads:9100" > > Options: idle_status_interval=15 > > JobBreak: pjl (by default) > > Feedback: yes (by default) > > Codes: Clean8Bit (by default) > > Alert frequency: 0 (never send alerts) > > Alert method: none > > Alert address: none > > Flags: yes no (banners encouraged, trailers discouraged) > > Charge: none > > PPDFile: HP LaserJet 4000 Series > > Bins: > > OutputOrder: PPD > > Default Filter Options: level=1 colour=False resolution=300 freevm=173936 > > mfmode=CanonCX > > Switchset: -H transparent > > > > -- > David Chappell <David.Chappell@mail.trincoll.edu> > Trinity College > >