TCP/IP Printer Queue Problems - VMS
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I am running DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V4.2 on a
AlphaServer 1200 5/533 4MB running OpenVMS V7.1-1H2 with several print
queues configured and working without trouble.
On the rare occasions when ...
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TCP/IP Printer Queue Problems
File this under "Life's Little Annoyances"
I am running DIGITAL TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Alpha Version V4.2 on a
AlphaServer 1200 5/533 4MB running OpenVMS V7.1-1H2 with several print
queues configured and working without trouble.
On the rare occasions when I need to add a print server queue I almost
invaribly run into one odd problem or another. At the moment, I would like
to configure a print server queue to enable printing to a Brother Intellifax
4750e
(http://welcome.solutions.brother.com...C8100HUK_A.pdf)
which is already on the network and accessible to Windows PCs using LPR
Protocol and "BINARY_P1" as the queue name.
I have added an entry to the UCX Hosts database as follows:
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ACCT$FAX, acct$fax
SYS$STARTUP:UCX$LPD_STARTUP.COM contains the following:
$ init/queue/start-
/owner=[1,4]-
/retain=error-
/device=server-
/process=ucx$lpd_smb-
/protection=(s:e,g:r,w:w,o:d) ACCT$FAX -
/library=emsdevctl_hplj -
/form=normal/schedule=nosize -
/default=(nofeed,form=normal)
and UCX$PRINTCAP.DAT contains:
ACCT$FAX|acct$fax:\
:lf=/SYS$SPECIFIC/UCX_LPD/ACCT$FAX.LOG:\
:lp=ACCT$FAX:\
:rm=acct$fax:\
:rp=TEXT_P1:\
:sd=/SYS$SPECIFIC/UCX_LPD/ACCT$FAX:\
:cr:
The queue initializes and starts without problem and sending a print command
to the queue gives every indication that it is working normally:
$ pri/que=acct$fax login.com
Job LOGIN (queue ACCT$FAX, entry 859) started on ACCT$FAX
$
Job LOGIN (queue ACCT$FAX, entry 859) completed
$
But, the printer shows no signs of life and nothing prints.
The IP address in the Host entry is correct, UCX$LPD_SPOOL:ACCT$FAX.DIR
exists and has the same Protection as similar folders for working queues
(System:RWE, Owner:RWE, Group:RE, World:RWED).
What am I missing here??
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Re: TCP/IP Printer Queue Problems
In article <48cf759f$1$4879$607ed4bc@cv.net>, "Carmine Castiglia" writes:
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> What am I missing here??
Are you sending data that the printer understands? Some PostScript
printers, for example, will ignore plain text unless you manually
tell them to report errors. Then they'll tell you all that plain
text is not valid PS commands.
DCPS, of course, can be configured to generate the PS for you in
that case.