I have a HP5L and I think it should be compatable with 6L. Here is my printcap
and filter.
On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 10:34:18PM +1000, Bill Shui wrote:
> Shao Zhang wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 08:36:14PM +1000, Bill Shui wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > I am having some problems with setting up my LPRng.
> > > I was wondering if anyone could help me out here.
> >
> > If you just install lprng package and have a working printcap file,
> > then it should be fine.
>
> Well, I didn't have a working printcap file, because I installed Debian
> from the CD, and they weren't configured. And I wasn't sure which filter
> to use, well, lpf wouldn't work for the PostScript, and I was trying to
> use ifhp -Tstatus=off
> but no luck with that either.
>
>
> > > I have a HP 6L printer (ie it's a post script printer)
> > I cannot agree with you on this. I don't think this is a postscript
> > printer.
>
> Maybe not... but the issue is that it requires some kind of filter
> programs to print postscript files, and I tried to filter it with lpf,
> but instead, it printed lines of scripts. That's why I then tried to
> install lprng again. and I wasn't sure whether they (lp* commands) were
> mixed from different versions or not. So I deleted them all, and tried
> to install the LPRng again.
>
> > > I just installed the LPRng (latest stable version, and the filters
> > > that
> > > go with it).
> > > I deleted the original lpd and lp* commands (they used to reside in
> > > /usr/bin and /usr/sbin <--- the lpd)
> >
> > Why do you remove the lp stuff?? If you have them already, then it
> > may
> > be provided by the old lpd package. You should just install lprng
> > package
> > and it will automatically remove the lpd package for you.
>
> Well, anything that I can do now to try to get my lpd started again?
>
>
> > > and now I couldn't even start up my lpd..
> > try to start it from /etc/init.d/lpd
>
> I did, I substituted all the lines containg /usr/sbin/lpd with
> /usr/local/bin/lpd
> since lpd now resides in /usr/local/bin
> and it still didn't work.
> I wasn't sure if lprng file was meant to be in /etc/init.d/ too?
> because I have both "lprng" and "lpd" sitting in my /etc/init.d/
>
> > > I tried checkpc -f command,
> > > and it prints "/var/run/lpd.printer permisson denied"
> > > I looked into /var/run directory, and there was not a lpd.printer
> > > present at all...
> > > So I "touch"ed lpd.printer. and guess what, lpd can start again.
> > > But after I rebooted my computer, the lpd.printer disappeared again.
>
> any ideas here?
>
> > > and also I think I'm having problem with my printcap file...
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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# software without specific prior written permission. This software
# is provided ``as is'' without express or implied warranty.
#
# @(#)etc.printcap 5.2 (Berkeley) 5/5/88
#
# > This file was generated by /usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig. <
lp|lj|lp|shao:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:sh:\
:mx#0:\
:if=/etc/magicfilter/hp5l-filter:\
:af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
#! /usr/sbin/magicfilter
#
# Magic filter setup file for 600 DPI LaserJet 4 series without PostScript
# (i.e. LJ 4P, 4, 4+, 4V or 4Si without PostScript option installed)
#
# This file has been automatically adapted to your system.
#
# PostScript
0 %! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4
-I/usr/lib/ghostscript -I/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts -r600 -sPAPERSIZE=a4
-dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -
0 \004%! filter /usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4
-I/usr/lib/ghostscript -I/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts -r600 -sPAPERSIZE=a4
-dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -
# PDF
0 %PDF fpipe /usr/bin/gs -q -sDEVICE=ljet4
-I/usr/lib/ghostscript -I/usr/lib/ghostscript/fonts -r600 -sPAPERSIZE=a4
-dNOPAUSE -dSAFER -sOutputFile=- -
# TeX DVI
0 \367\002 fpipe /usr/bin/dvips -D 600 -R -q -f
# compress'd data
0 \037\235 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
# packed, gzipped, frozen and SCO LZH data
0 \037\036 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
0 \037\213 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
0 \037\236 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
0 \037\240 pipe /bin/gzip -cdq
# troff documents
0 .\?\?\040 ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
0 .\\\" ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
0 '\\\" ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
0 '.\\\" ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
0 \\\" ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
# ditroff
0 "x T ps" pipe /usr/bin/grops
0 "x T dvi" pipe /usr/bin/grodvi
0 "x T ascii" pipe /usr/bin/grotty
0 "x T latin1" pipe /usr/bin/grotty
0 "x T lj4" filter /usr/bin/grolj4
# Portable bit-, grey- and pixmaps
0 P1\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 600
2>/dev/null
0 P2\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 600
2>/dev/null
0 P3\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 600
2>/dev/null
0 P4\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 600
2>/dev/null
0 P5\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 600
2>/dev/null
0 P6\n pipe /usr/bin/pnmtops -scale 1000 -dpi 600
2>/dev/null
# HP Printer Control Language (PCL) -- assume start with reset code
0 \033E\033 cat
# HP Printer Job Language (PJL)
0 \033%-12345X cat
0 "@PJL " cat
0 @PJL\t cat
0 @PJL\r cat
0 @PJL\n cat
# GIF files
0 GIF87a pipe /usr/bin/giftopnm 2>/dev/null
0 GIF89a pipe /usr/bin/giftopnm 2>/dev/null
# JFIF (JPEG) files
0 \377\330\377\340\?\?JFIF\0 pipe /usr/bin/djpeg -pnm
# TIFF files (the last two bytes of the "magic" is really a version number;
# but the magic is really lame and as far as I have understood the version
# number has never changed and never will, so we include it.)
0 MM\0\x2a fpipe /usr/bin/tiff2ps $FILE
0 II\x2a\0 fpipe /usr/bin/tiff2ps $FILE
# BMP files (even lousier magic -- Microsoft strikes again!)
0 BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x0c pipe \
/usr/bin/bmptoppm 2>/dev/null
0 BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x40 pipe \
/usr/bin/bmptoppm 2>/dev/null
0 BM\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\?\x28 pipe \
/usr/bin/bmptoppm 2>/dev/null
# Garbage delivered from Windows via Samba
# (donated by Andree Leidenfrost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
# 300 \033\052\157 cat
# later changed to
# (Bug report #22866: magicfilter: Incorrect magic for Win95/Samba print jobs)
0 \000\000\000\000\000 cat
# Sun rasterfiles
0 \x59\xa6\x6a\x95 pipe /usr/bin/rasttopnm 2>/dev/null
# SGI Imagelib (IRIS RGB) files
0 \x1\xda pipe /usr/bin/sgitopnm 2>/dev/null
0 \xda\x1 pipe /usr/bin/sgitopnm 2>/dev/null
# FIG files; reported by Steven P. Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
0 #FIG pipe /usr/bin/X11/fig2dev -Lps -P -l dummy
#
# Standard rejects... things we don't want to print
#
# Various archive formats
257 ustar\0 reject Attempted to print a tar file.
257 "ustar \0" reject Attempted to print a tar file.
0 07070 reject Attempted to print a cpio file.
0 PK\3\4 reject Attempted to print a zip file.
20 \xdc\xa7\xc7\xfd reject Attempted to print a zoo file.
# Binaries (Linux): reject with email message
0 \013\1d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \100\1d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \007\1d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \314\0d\0 reject Attempted to print a compiled binary.
0 \177ELF reject Attempted to print an ELF object.
0 \007\001\0 reject Attempted to print an object file.
216 \021\001\0\0 reject Attempted to print a core dump file.
0 !<arch> reject Attempted to print an archive.
0 =<ar> reject Attempted to print an archive.
# Don't confuse this one with troff!
0 .snd reject Attempted to print Sun/NeXT audio data.
# optimistic troff magic
0 . ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
# wacko troff magic
0 ''' ffilter `/usr/bin/grog -Tlj4 $FILE`
# wild guess: PCL control codes start with <ESC>
0 \033 cat
# Default entry -- for normal (text) files. MUST BE LAST.
default cat \eE\e&k2G\e(0N \eE
