From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth@UIUC.EDU)
Date: Thu Jan 29 2004 - 12:11:39 EST
how is the queue set up on on the W2k server? Is it LPD server? Is the
file your printing compatable on the printer? What format does the printer
expect? Does the file need to be Ascii or Postscript, do you autoconvert it?
Printers sometimes swallow a print file they don't understand.
bob
On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 05:31:25PM +0100, Thomas Rupp wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I've been searching the aix-l archives and the internet - but couldn't find any helpful information.
> I'm running AIX 5.1 and would like to print to a LAN-printer (DR501) spooled by a W2K server (brvspool1).
> We use "enq -P test test.rt" but nothing is printed, the debugfile on AIX seems to be OK, only W2K
> show an entry in the eventlog.
> Unfortunately I'm rather new to AIX and therefore can't solve the problem.
> I would be glad to get a helping hand.
>
> Kind regards
> Thomas Rupp
> Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> LPD is running on the W2K spooler and gives me the following eventlog entry:
> Source: LPDSVC
> Category: None
> Type: Warning
> Event ID: 4004
> User: N/A
> Computer: BRVSPOOL1
>
> /etc/qconfig on the AIX box looks like:
>
> test:
> device = @brvspool1
> up = TRUE
> host = brvspool1.egv.at
> s_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort
> l_statfilter = /usr/lib/lpd/bsdlong
> rq = DR501
> @brvspool1:
> backend = /usr/lib/lpd/rembak -C -D /test.txt
>
> The debugging file seems to be OK:
>
> rembak[33246] ma/ò)0: Thu Jan 29 17:22:46 2004
> rembak[33246] main: /usr/lib/lpd/rembak -D /test.txt -S BRVSPOOL1 -P DR501 -N /usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort //test.sh
> rembak[33246] main: backend=1.
> rembak[33246] hookup: Try to connect, current time=1075393366.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: sendjob starts, jobname=test.sh, current time=1075393366.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: datafn[0]=dfA164brvuxappl1n2, fakedfn=dfA164brvuxappl1n2.
> rembak[33246] makecontrolfile: Entering makecontrolfile.
> rembak[33246] makecontrolfile: dfnames[0]=dfA164brvuxappl1n2
> rembak[33246] getbsdinfo: bsd3=Hbrvuxappl1n2\10 Proot\10
> rembak[33246] get_bsd_4file: bsd nc=1
> rembak[33246] get_bsd_4file: bsd strings: [Ntest.sh\10 ][Ntest.sh\10 ][Ntest.sh\10 ][Ntest.sh\10 ]
> rembak[33246] getbsdinfo: bsd3=Hbrvuxappl1n2\10 Proot\10 fdfA164brvuxappl1n2\10 UdfA164brvuxappl1n2\10 Ntest.sh\10
> rembak[33246] gettmpr: Opening file /tmp//rembakhG74Ua.
> rembak[33246] gettmpr: File /tmp//rembakhG74Ua opened successfully, fd=8.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: ctrlfname=/tmp//rembakhG74Ua, fakecfn=cfA164brvuxappl1n2.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: State machine starts.....
> rembak[33246] sendjob: State 1 - send the "Receive a Print Job" request.
> rembak[33246] sendreq: sendreq - sending lpd request [\2 DR501\10 ].
> rembak[33246] gotack: Reading ACK status.....current time=1075393366, timeout_ack=90.
> rembak[33246] gotack: ACK status=0x0.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: state 3 - Send data file(s), dfcount=1.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: realfn=//test.sh, fakefn=dfA164brvuxappl1n2, filter=/usr/lib/lpd/bsdshort.
> rembak[33246] sendreq: sendreq - sending lpd request [\3 227 dfA164brvuxappl1n2\10 ].
> rembak[33246] gotack: Reading ACK status.....current time=1075393366, timeout_ack=90.
> rembak[33246] gotack: ACK status=0x0.
> rembak[33246] senddatafile: Opening file //test.sh.
> rembak[33246] senddatafile: File //test.sh opened successfully, fd=9.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: Reading 227 bytes from file, fd=9.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: Writing 227 bytes to socket 7.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: File sent.
> rembak[33246] ack: Send ACK.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: waiting for ACK.
> rembak[33246] gotack: Reading ACK status.....current time=1075393366, timeout_ack=90.
> rembak[33246] gotack: ACK status=0x0.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: State 2 - send control file, ctrlfname=/tmp//rembakhG74Ua, fakecfn=cfA164brvuxappl1n2.
> rembak[33246] sendreq: sendreq - sending lpd request [\2 69 cfA164brvuxappl1n2\10 ].
> rembak[33246] gotack: Reading ACK status.....current time=1075393366, timeout_ack=90.
> rembak[33246] gotack: ACK status=0x0.
> rembak[33246] sendcontrolfile: Opening file /tmp//rembakhG74Ua.
> rembak[33246] sendcontrolfile: File /tmp//rembakhG74Ua opened successfully, fd=9.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: Reading 69 bytes from file, fd=9.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: Writing 69 bytes to socket 7.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: File sent.
> rembak[33246] ack: Send ACK.
> rembak[33246] send_file_rembak: waiting for ACK.
> rembak[33246] gotack: Reading ACK status.....current time=1075393366, timeout_ack=90.
> rembak[33246] gotack: ACK status=0x0.
> rembak[33246] sendjob: State 5 - end of job #164 (test.sh).
> rembak[33246] sendjob: Delete control file /tmp//rembakhG74Ua.
>
> Schöne Grüße/Kind regards
> Thomas Rupp
> UIT - Informationstechnologie
> Vorarlberger Illwerke AG
> Mail: thomas.rupp@illwerke.at
> Tel: +43/5574/601-72583
>
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