Re: printing

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 18:18, Vedran Vucic <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I want to print from my DOS application I cannot print on my USB
> HP LP1020 printer. My printer is named Laserprinter in my cups
> configuration. When I print from terminal using command
> lpr -P Laserprinter nameoffile
> it works well.
> You can find my dosemu.conf on this link:
> http://pastebin.ca/1995898
>
> Please advise.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Veki
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The HP 1020 is not a PCL or postscript printer. You must set your DOS
application to print to a PostScript printer so CUPS can translate it.
There might be a way to convert the output on-the-fly if it's not
PostScript to print it with CUPS but I am not aware of how that
functions. I stick to printers that support PCL and PostScript as they
are compatible with just about anything. Do you see a completed job in
CUPS?

I use a script to e-mail documents "printed" to PCL format, maybe it
can help you troubleshoot:

#! /bin/bash
[email protected]
[email protected]
SUBJECT="Email Report"

# Config above
# Do not edit below
EPOCH=`date +%s` || exit 1
PRNTFILE=`mktemp /root/printjobs/pdfprint.XXXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
PDFFILE=`mktemp /root/pdfs/XXX` || exit 1
rm $PDFFILE
cat "$@" >> $PRNTFILE
pcl6 -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile=$PDFFILE$EPOCH.pdf $PRNTFILE
#rm $PRNTFILE
echo Your report is attached as a .pdf file. |  mail -a
$PDFFILE$EPOCH.pdf -r $EMAIL_FROM -s "$SUBJECT" $EMAIL_TO
~

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Med Vennlig Hilsen,

A. Helge Joakimsen
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