kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar) (01/17/90)
I'm trying to allow an IBM RT to print a LaserWriter connected to
a Sun workstation. If I define the Sun as "printserver" in /etc/hosts
and use lprbe directly the file gets printed. (lprbe -pqueue=ps <file>)
However, when I try to do it with a printer queue, the job vanishes
into thin air. The manual waves its hands and says that lprbe will
be invoked by the qdaemon but I've never seen this happen. I tried
running the printer install script in the tcp/ip samples directory and
it added the following lines:
rp0:
argname = rp0
friend = TRUE
device = drp0
drp0:
backend = /usr/bin/lprbe
rp0 shows up in the print -q listing, and jobs are accepted via print -rp0
but nothing ever appears on the printer, in the queue, or on the Sun.
I also tried cooking up my own stanzas and failed there, too. Any suggestions
would be most welcome, including "Go read manual X". (I tried the Managing
AIX, the TCP/IP manual for AIX, and the commands reference manual. Lots of
hand waving when it comes to queuing files for remote non-AIX hosts but no
examples that work.)
Thanks, in advance.
-David C. Kovar
Consultant ARPA: kovar@popvax.harvard.edu
Eclectic Associates BITNET: corwin@harvarda.bitnet
Ma Bell: 617-646-0428 MacNET: DKovar
"It is easier to get forgiveness than permission."
[All opinions expressed are my own. Noone else assumes responsibility for me.]alex@dutirt2.tudelft.nl (Alexander Vonk) (01/19/90)
kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar) writes: > I'm trying to allow an IBM RT to print a LaserWriter connected to >a Sun workstation. If I define the Sun as "printserver" in /etc/hosts >and use lprbe directly the file gets printed. (lprbe -pqueue=ps <file>) > However, when I try to do it with a printer queue, the job vanishes >into thin air. The manual waves its hands and says that lprbe will >be invoked by the qdaemon but I've never seen this happen. I tried >running the printer install script in the tcp/ip samples directory and >it added the following lines: >rp0: > argname = rp0 > friend = TRUE > device = drp0 >drp0: > backend = /usr/bin/lprbe >rp0 shows up in the print -q listing, and jobs are accepted via print -rp0 >but nothing ever appears on the printer, in the queue, or on the Sun. >I also tried cooking up my own stanzas and failed there, too. Any suggestions >would be most welcome, including "Go read manual X". (I tried the Managing >AIX, the TCP/IP manual for AIX, and the commands reference manual. Lots of >hand waving when it comes to queuing files for remote non-AIX hosts but no >examples that work.) Try the following (remember to have the Sun register your machine as a 'trusted' machine in file /etc/hosts.equiv if you don't define it as a printserver): <start abstract from our /etc/qconfig> * * Apple laser printer on dutiaa (printer queue ps) * lp2: argname = apple friend = TRUE discipline = sjn device = dlp2 dlp2: backend = /usr/bin/lprbe -pserver=dutiaa -pqueue=ps -naix * * DVI format * lp3: argname = appledvi friend = TRUE discipline = sjn device = dlp3 dlp3: backend = /usr/bin/lprbe -pserver=dutiaa -pqueue=ps -naix -filter=-d <end abstract from our /etc/qconfig> >Thanks, in advance. Your welcome. Say, you wouldn't have a GNU C installation on your system, would you :-)? >-David C. Kovar > Consultant ARPA: kovar@popvax.harvard.edu > Eclectic Associates BITNET: corwin@harvarda.bitnet > Ma Bell: 617-646-0428 MacNET: DKovar +++ Alexander Vonk - Technical Univ. Delft, Netherlands +++ +++Phone: (NL) 015 - 78 64 12 (world) 31 15 78 64 12 +++ +++Mail: alex@dutirt2.tudelft.nl or alex@dutirt2.UUCP +++
ken@kdillman.austin.ibm.com (Ken Dillman) (01/19/90)
In article <1283@husc6.harvard.edu> kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar) writes: > >rp0: > argname = rp0 > friend = TRUE > device = drp0 > >drp0: > backend = /usr/bin/lprbe > Try the following: backend = /usr/bin/lprbe -pserver=<nodename> -statusfile There is also a pqueue= argument if you want to send it to a specific print queue on the pserver rather than the default one. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ken Dillman | 11400 Burnet Road | Phone: T/L 678-4804 or AIX Technical Support | Austin, TX 78754 | 512/838-4804 ZIP 2830 | | VNET/PROFS: KDILLMAN at AUSTIN
clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) (01/21/90)
From article <1283@husc6.harvard.edu>, by kovar@popvax.harvard.edu (David C. Kovar): > However, when I try to do it with a printer queue, the job vanishes > into thin air. The manual waves its hands and says that lprbe will > be invoked by the qdaemon but I've never seen this happen. I tried You seem to have a bunch of strangenesses in there. Here's one that works for me: rjt: argname = -rjt device = rjtdev rjtdev: header = never trailer = never feed = never backend = /usr/bin/lprbe -pserver=labauto -pqueue=lpt1 Note that the argname has to have "-rjt" not just "rjt". Otherwise you have to say "print rjt" instead of "print -rjt". Don't forget to su and do a "print -rr" to activate the qconfig changes. The machine that I'm remote printing on is called "labauto" and until yesterday it had an HP LaserJet on it. Today it has an IBM 4216-031 postscript printer. Both work quite well with EROFF (Elan computer products). -- Ed Clarke acheron!clarke