[comp.protocols.appletalk] spooling for AppleTalk LaserWriters

ronbo@nikhefk.UUCP (Ronald Boontje) (06/17/88)

We have installed the kip0688 and cap5.0 stuff for our appletalk-network.
Everything seems to work perfectly. However we have a problem with the
laserspooler for an AppleTalk LaserWriter. 
We have running "atis" and "lwsrv" for spooling jobs for the LaserWriter. 
It results on the mac's in an icon under the Chooser eg. "laserspooler".
It is possible to send a mac-document to the spooler, which appears
in the spooler-queue on the Unix-host. So far no problem.
The job is sent to the LaserWriter (no plus), which is apparently
executing the job, as indicated by the leds. However nothing is coming out 
and until probably a timeout the laserwriter status information tells:
	"Preparing data".
I have used an appledict version 65 retreived from a mac as described
under the cap4.0 installation documention. I edited the LaserPrep in order
to remove the hex-code for stretch and smooth.
Anyway probably there is something wrong with the LaserPrep. Does anyone
has a suggestion what can be wrong? For example must the LaserPrep file
end with an %%EOF.
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Usenet:			ronbo@nikhefk
Normal mail:		Ronald Boontje NIKHEF-K (CSG)
			Postbus 41882 1009 DB Amsterdam The Netherlands
Phone:			+31 20 5922038
Usenet:			ronbo@nikhefk
Normal mail:		Ronald Boontje NIKHEF-K (CSG)
			Postbus 41882 1009 DB Amsterdam The Netherlands
Phone:			+31 20 5922038
Usenet:			ronbo@nikhefk
Normal mail:		Ronald Boontje NIKHEF-K (CSG)
			Postbus 41882 1009 DB Amsterdam The Netherlands
Phone:			+31 20 5922038
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			Postbus 41882 1009 DB Amsterdam The Netherlands
Phone:			+31 20 5922038

farrell@EREBUS.STANFORD.EDU (Phil Farrell) (06/28/88)

Ronald Boontje recently posted a problem using lwsrv.  He says that nothing
comes out on the LaserWriter, even though the leds flash and the status
information says "preparing data".  He also claims to have retrieved an
appledict version 65 from a mac.  I had a similar problem when I first
brought up lwsrv from Cap4.0.  In my case, the comments at the top of the
appledict file claimed that it was version 65, but nothing worked. 
Further down in the file I noticed a line like
	%%BeginProcSet: "(AppleDict md)" 66
I guessed that this meant that I really had appledict version 66, re-started
lwsrv specifying -a66 option with this file, and everything worked great!
I suggest that Mr. Boontje examine his appledict file carefully to verify
which version it really is.