01-13-2009
Okey Dokey,
First up, I originally posted the question on my way out the door going home. Being in Australia, I thought the "brains trust" on the other side of the world could help me overnight.
Expecting the worst the next day with questions from the users about why the printer doesnt work - never came, the printer "fixed" itself overnight with no further problems since.
The Zebra is a strange beast, something that earns my respect.
I'm not sure whether this is a new install or a existing unit gone bad so this is what I'd do....
Install the printer on a "Windose" machine via Parallel and check that it actually works, these things do happen.
Then I'd check if it works via ethernet or serial. This clears any issues with conflicting IP address's. You will have to make a serial cable from scratch from the pc to the printer. The manual has examples of the wiring maps.
If you are going to connect the printer using a 8/16 port expansion board on the server, you are on your own. We had handshaking issues for years before we finally put the printer on a HP ethernet print server.
Last year, I asked the original vendor (who supplied the whole system 9 years ago) about installing a second Zebra - they refused with the reason that enhancements are not available.
It was then we heard that our "days are numbered" with Real World - apparently MS purchased the company and retired the product, thus forcing existing customers onto the MS server upgrade treadmill. Really annoys me - the system wasnt cheap to setup, its bullet proof on Unix and perfectly fits our needs.
Sorry I cant help anymore.
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LEARN ABOUT ULTRIX
lprsetup
lprsetup(8) System Manager's Manual lprsetup(8)
Name
lprsetup - printer spooler set up program
Syntax
/etc/lprsetup
Description
The command provides an interactive easy-to-use facility for administrating the line printers on your system. The program contains on-line
help and default answers to questions about adding, deleting, or changing the characteristics of any of the line printers on your system.
Whenever a question is asked, the default selection is given in ] . You can press Return in response to the question to accept the
default, or enter an alternate value for the given parameter.
The program knows about all of the possible symbols in the file. See for a current list. After you have entered a printer specification,
and have verified that it is correct, then creates the spooling directory, links the output filter, and creates an entry for the new
printer.
If the printer is connected to your system, you must specify the printer device name which is in the lp printcap entry.
If lp is set to nn you are prompted to choose between or If your printer is connected to a port on your system, choose the default setting,
If you choose you are prompted for the baud rate, br. The default is the recommended baud rate for the printer.
If you want to set up your printer to a LAT line, choose the option. At this point, proceeds only if you have chosen a valid LAT device
for lp. It assumes that the LAT device has been configured for host initiated connections using If it has not, you must do this before the
queue works. For information about how to set up a LAT line, see Chapter 3 of the Guide to Ethernet Communications Servers.
If lp is set to another device, for example the program assumes that you are setting up a printer with a parallel port, for example, It
does not prompt you for device type information, and serial port specific entries are not put into the entry.
See Also
printcap(5), lpc(8), MAKEDEV(8)
Guide to Ethernet Communications Servers
Guide to System Environment Setup
lprsetup(8)