[PLUG] possible port names

Mike De La Mater mikedela at ipns.com
Wed Oct 22 11:35:03 UTC 2003


What are good possibilities for the name of the first port in my print
server? I've run across LP1, LPT1, LPT1_PASSTHRU, Port1, P1,
NP1(netport) and a few others and tried them all. LPD connects, but does
not print. The box works with it's proprietary Win software. Details
below.

I'm still thrashing this intel inbusiness print station.

Thanks to Kyle Accardi, I'm feeling like I'm on track.

I've got a custom printer configured in /etc/printcap:

ib4019|IBM 4019 on Intel IB Print Server| on Port 1:\
:rm=192.168.10.48:\
:rp=LPT1:\
:mx#0:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/error-log\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ib4019:

then:
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd restart

I then print a ps file:
lpr -P ib4019 /somefile.ps

Then I check /var/spool/lpd/ib4019/status.pr, and I get :
sending job 'root at rhws+412' to LPT1 at 192.168.10.48 at
2003-10-22-11:23:51.101 ## A=root at rhws+412 number=412 process=10806
connecting to '192.168.10.48', attempt 1 at 2003-10-22-11:23:51.101 ##
A=root at rhws+412 number=412 process=10806
waiting for subserver to exit at 2003-10-22-11:23:51.103 ## A=<NULL>
number=0 process=10803
sleeping 10 secs before retry, starting sleep at 2003-10-22-11:24:01.098
## A=root at rhws+412 number=412 process=10806





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Mike De La Mater
Small Business Networks and Computers
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