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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers lpq, lpr and printing problems Post 91149 by maria_iris on Wednesday 30th of November 2005 04:32:48 AM
Old 11-30-2005
Data lpq, lpr and printing problems
good day!

i would just like to ask for advice regarding an lp problem i have..

we currently migrated a GIS appl from sol 2.6 to sol 8 but maintained the same version of jetadmin (for the appl plotters and printers). we are able to print files on a printer but not on a plotter. the configuration of the plotter in the new server is the same with that of the previous server's (like in jetadmin's default printing language [hpgl], model, etc.).

what i don't understand is why we cannot see print requests queued to the plotter with /usr/ucb/lpq. output is "no entries" even if we had just submitted a request. our developer said that in the previous server when they submit requests (with lpr), they are able to check it with lpq.

all requests are added to the /var/lp/logs/requests file.

i believe there is nothing wrong with the plotter itself since the users successfully printed a Word document (part of troubleshooting) when they connected the plotter to a PC. also, we tried the plotter's (hp designjet800) troubleshooting tips as found in its manual, and the hpgl2 accessory card is functioning properly. BTW the error in the plotter is "ERROR PROCESSING JOB" - which the manual says it is having problems printing postscript and hpgl2 files. but we can't even print simple text files!

is there anything missing on the unix side? this plotter was regularly and successfully used before we migrated.

also, jetadmin shows that it is ready to plot. and on the OS side, it is available, accepting requests, idle and enabled.

can anyone please please help? thanks!

i hope i mentioned all relevant facts.

thanks much!
 

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t4013

plot(1B)					     SunOS/BSD Compatibility Package Commands						  plot(1B)

NAME

       plot,  aedplot,	atoplot,  bgplot, crtplot, dumbplot, gigiplot, hpplot, implot, plottoa, t300, t300s, t4013, t450, tek, vplot, hp7221plot -
       graphics filters for various plotters

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/ucb/plot [-Tterminal]

DESCRIPTION

       The plot utility reads plotting instructions (see plot(4B)) from the standard input and produces plotting instructions suitable for a  par-
       ticular terminal on the standard output.

       If no terminal is specified, the environment variable TERM is used.  The default terminal is tek.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       Except for ver, the following terminal-types can be used with `lpr -g' (see lpr(1B)) to produce plotted output:

       2648 | 2648a |  h8 |  hp2648 |  hp2648a

	   Hewlett Packard 2648 graphics terminal.

       hp7221 | hp7 |  h7 |

	   Hewlett Packard 7221 plotter.

       300

	   DASI 300 or GSI terminal (Diablo mechanism).

       300s | 300S

	   DASI 300s terminal (Diablo mechanism).

       450

	   DASI Hyterm 450 terminal (Diablo mechanism).

       4013

	   Tektronix 4013 storage scope.

       4014 | tek

	   Tektronix 4014 and 4015 storage scope with Enhanced Graphics Module. (Use 4013 for Tektronix 4014 or 4015 without the Enhanced Graphics
	   Module).

       aed

	   AED 512 color graphics terminal.

       bgplot | bitgraph

	   BBN bitgraph graphics terminal.

       crt

	   Any crt terminal capable of running vi(1).

       dumb | un |  unknown

	   Dumb terminals without cursor addressing or line printers.

       gigi | vt125

	   DEC vt125 terminal.

       implot

	   Imagen plotter.

       var

	   Benson Varian printer-plotter

       ver

	   Versatec D1200A printer-plotter. The output is scan-converted and suitable input to `lpr -v'.

FILES

       /usr/ucb/aedplot

       /usr/ucb/atoplot

       /usr/ucb/bgplot

       /usr/ucb/crtplot

       /usr/ucb/dumbplot

       /usr/ucb/gigiplot

       /usr/ucb/hp7221plot

       /usr/ucb/hpplot

       /usr/ucb/implot

       /usr/ucb/plot

       /usr/ucb/plottoa

       /usr/ucb/t300

       /usr/ucb/t300s

       /usr/ucb/t4013

       /usr/ucb/t450

       /usr/ucb/tek

       /usr/ucb/vplot

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability		     |SUNWscpu			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       graph(1), tplot(1), vi(1), lpr(1B), plot(4B), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    3 Aug 1994								  plot(1B)
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