Dear all,
If this is OT kindly pardon me.
I have a script based on Net::LPR.
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use vars '@ARGV';
use Net::LPR;
use IO::File;
die "usage: $0 <filename> <printer> <queue>\n" if (@ARGV != 3);
my $lp = new Net::LPR(
StrictRFCPorts => 0,
RemoteServer => $ARGV[1],
RemotePort => 515,
PrintErrors => 0,
RaiseErrors => 0,
) or die "Can't create print context\n";
my $fh = new IO::File $ARGV[0], O_RDONLY or die "Can't open $ARGV[0]:
$!\n";
my $size = ($fh->stat())[7]; # Hope file doesn't change while printing
$lp->connect() or die "Can't connect to printer: ".$lp->error."\n";
my $jobkey = $lp->new_job() or die "Can't create new job:
".$lp->error."\n";
$lp->send_jobs('lp') or die "Can't send jobs: ".$lp->error."\n";
# Can easily print postscript by changing method to job_mode_postscript
$lp->job_mode_text($jobkey) or die "Can't set job mode to text:
".$lp->error."\n";
#$lp->job_mode_postscript($jobkey) or die "Can't set job mode to
text: ".$lp->error.";
$lp->job_send_control_file($jobkey) or die "Can't send control file:
".$lp->error."\n
$lp->job_send_data($jobkey, '', $size);
while (my $line = $fh->getline()) {
$lp->job_send_data($jobkey, $line);
}
$lp->disconnect();
I try this against a HP Professional m1213ncj printer and it does nothing.
Is there a way to use netcat to print directly to the JetDirect port 9100?
I find this ppd in hpijs package but the printer is on the network.
What to do?
I tried both postscript printing and text printing.
The silence and laziness of the printer is positively boring.
What do you think?
-Girish
--
G3 Tech
Networking appliance company
web: http://g3tech.in mail: [email protected]
