I am currently struggling with attempting to print text files on a SCO 5.0.7 server to a network printer. The printer is an Hp LJ P2015dn There is an existing printer set up, and when I do a:
Code:
lp -d myprinter /etc/hosts
the first line of the hosts file is all that prints. I even attempted to use "netcat" to send text directly to the printer using:
Code:
cat /etc/hosts | netcat -h myprinter -p 9100
I continue to get the same results, only the very first line in the hosts file will print. I have attempted this on other text files and still the 1st line is all that prints. Please help.
Andy
Moderator's Comments:
Use code tags please.
I suppose that you have solved this problem by now, but for the benefit of others:
You need to add and escape sequence to the beginning of the print file, since it seems not to be in the driver (model file).
Add "<esc>&k2G" to turn line feed into carriage return linefeed.
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p910nd
P910ND(8) System Manager's Manual P910ND(8)NAME
p910nd - port 9100+n printer daemon
SYNOPSIS
p910nd [-f device] [-i bindaddr] [-bv] [0|1|2]
DESCRIPTION
p910nd is a small daemon that copies any data received on the port it is listening on to the corresponding printer port. It is primarily
intended for diskless Linux hosts running as printer drivers but there is no reason why it could not be used on diskful hosts. Port 9100
is copied to /dev/lp0, 9101 to /dev/lp1 and 9102 to /dev/lp2. The default is port 9100 to /dev/lp0.
The -f option can be used to specify a different printer device, e.g. /dev/usblp0.
The -i option can be used to specify binding to one address instead of all interfaces which is the default.
The -b option turns on bidirectional copying.
The -v option shows the version number.
INSTALLATION
p910nd can be run as a standalone daemon or from (x)inetd. It will automatically detect if it is running under (x)inetd.
A sample SysVinit script, p910nd.sh, is provided for operation as a daemon. p910nd will change its name under ps to match the printer
port, i.e. p9100d, p9101d and p9102d.
When running under (x)inetd, the /etc/inetd.conf entry should look something like this (with tcpwrappers protection):
p9101 stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd /sbin/p910nd
Don't forget to add an entry in /etc/services for the corresponding port.
If operating with lprng, use the host%port syntax for the printer device to send jobs to it.
If operating with CUPS, this is supported as the AppSocket protocol, also known as the JetDirect (probably TM) protocol.
If operating with classic Berkeley lpd, a sample client, client.pl, is provided. This should be installed as the ifilter (if=) in
/etc/printcap. banner.pl should be installed as the ofilter (of=) in /etc/printcap. It may be necessary to create a dummy spool file for
lpd (lp=). This file will be opened but not written to. The corresponding C versions are left as an exercise for the reader.
When running under inetd, more than one instance could be started. To avoid problems with multiple instances attempting to access the
printer at the same time, make sure that only one client is active at any one time. This can be done by designating one host as the spooler
and sending all jobs to this host. You will probably need to set up an intermediate queue anyway to provide print job filtering.
If built with USE_WRAP, it uses the libwrap library (tcpwrappers). Access control can be done with /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny.
The service name is p910nd.
DIAGNOSTICS
p910nd logs error messages to syslog.
SEE ALSO printcap(5), hosts_access(5)FILES
/var/run/p9100d.pid, /var/lock/p910nd/p9100d, /etc/hosts.allow, /etc/hosts.deny
COPYRIGHT
p910nd is under the GNU Public License Version 2
AUTHOR
Ken Yap (greenpossum ATSIGN users PERIOD sourceforge PERIOD net)
DATE
Version 0.95 February 2011
16 February 2011 P910ND(8)
01-09-2011
