Printer (lpadmin) error - blank pages PS/PCL


 
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Printer (lpadmin) error - blank pages PS/PCL

Help!

I have to solve an urgent problem!

I have a Solaris 10 server, where I created a line of printing with the command
Code:
 # /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p IL_Printer -s pv24002 -v /dev/null -m netstandard_foomatic -A write -n /usr/lib/lp/model/ppd/system/foomatic/Canon/cnl66e1.ppd.gz -o dest=99.99.99.99 \
    -o protocol=tcp -o banner=never -u allow:all

I have a remote printer - Canon LBP6650 - the other side of the planet.
Everything works fine, but for some reason the prints started coming out garbled and / or blank.

I downloaded the original PPD driver on the Canon site (Europe) and still the problem persists.

Even creating the queue without any driver, in the most generic possible the problem persists:
Code:
 # lpadmin -p PT_Printer -v /dev/null -m netstandard_foomatic -o dest=99.99.99.99 -A none -o banner=never -o protocol=tcp -u allow:all

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I noticed that the printer has only as optional PostScript mode.
I thought the PCL, but the extension of the file is PDD instead of PPD.

The command below to install the driver of error:

Code:
# ppdmgr -a cnl665e1-pcl.pdd -w
ppdmgr: invalid PPD file: /impressora/cnl665e1-pcl.pdd


How, for the love of god, do I install a printer through a PCL file PDD?

Smilie

Last edited by jim mcnamara; 09-13-2012 at 09:38 AM..
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