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From: rose.wu@utoronto.ca Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 22:17:00 -0500 Subject: Re: PPR: Too many copies of one page printing job It's Sun Sorlaris 8, and PPR version is 1.44. Quoting David Chappell <David.Chappell@trincoll.edu>: > On Tue, 2003-02-18 at 01:01, rose.wu@utoronto.ca wrote: > > Just for the record, what OS and PPR version are you using? > > > 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. > > This sounds very strange. Before we start devising wild theories, could > you double check this result, in the following manner: > > 1) make a simple text file of about 90 lines (1 page and a half) > 2) print it on the queue that doesn't have -H transparent > 3) report on the behavior > 4) include answers to the unanswered questions below > > For purposes of this experiment, page 1 is the first one to emerge from > the printer. > > Please don't take offense that I find the report hard to believe. If I > got those results, I would go back and double check myself. > > > 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 > > The problem is that the PPD doesn't have a *DefaultResolution line. It > doesn't matter unless you will be asking PPR to format TeX files. If it > bugs you, add this to the PPD file: > > *DefaultResolution: 600dpi > > > > * Is there any delay between copies? > > > > > > * Does the command > > > ppop alerts ppad show bby451903nw03-ps > > > show any interesting messages? > > These questions are very important, particularly the second one. You > see, it is possible that the job is failing and being restarted again > and again. If it is, something should show up in the ppop alerts > output. > > > > > >