Re: Printing from a UNIX system using a LPR Port
- From: "Greg Grotyohann" <ggrotyohannNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:11:24 -0400
"Klaus Jorgensen" <kj@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Greg Grotyohann" <ggrotyohannNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>I am trying to print from a UNIX system using a LPR port. I've
>>installed Print Services for UNIX and started the TCP/IP Print Server
>>service on 2 different systems. One Windows XP system has a LPT
>>printer and the other has an USB printer. I created the LPR port for
>>the printer with the IP address and print queue name on each Windows
>>XP system. When I try a test print it only works on the system with
>>the LPT printer and not on the system with the USB printer. Any
>>ideas????
>>
>
> What is the status of the Unix spooler after sending data to the PC
> with the USB printer?
> If data is transferred with no problems, and is simply not printed, it
> could indicate that the USB printer is a GDI printer which just
> ignores plain text data from Unix.
> If the Unix spooler is reporting an error, the Windows lpd-service
> does not accept data - check the Windows printer share-name is the
> same as the Unix remote queue name.
>
>
> /klaus
>
>
>
I haven't tried to print from UNIX yet. I just testing from within Windows
XP by printing a test print from the printer with the LPR port to the real
Windows printers.
Greg
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