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Printer prints double

Gregory Ardoin — Tue, 11 May 2004 18:05:29 GMT

HPUX 10.20
B2600 hardware

When I print from the command line ( i.e. lp /etc/hosts) or from a menu I created, the system prints but will print double copies. I checked the configurations on the printer itself and it is not setup to print duplicates.

Re: Printer prints double

D Block 2 — Tue, 11 May 2004 22:03:21 GMT

can you explain what you mean by "double"? are you seeing patterns like: bboolldd on the printer? maybe you need to set an option to the lp command like: lp -d file.

maybe you can print some outputs out by using an option to the lp command like: lp -o"help" or something.

Re: Printer prints double

Gregory Ardoin — Tue, 11 May 2004 22:44:45 GMT

Sorry Tom, it is printing double pages. If I print the hosts file it will print two copies.

Re: Printer prints double

Geoff Wild — Wed, 12 May 2004 09:32:00 GMT

That usually means "copies=2" is set on the printer itself.

Go to the printer and change the setting...

Rgds...Geoff

Re: Printer prints double

Pete Randall — Wed, 12 May 2004 09:37:51 GMT

Check to see if the "lp" command is aliased using the "alias" command.

Pete

Re: Printer prints double

Bill Hassell — Wed, 12 May 2004 09:59:39 GMT

There atre a LOT of possibilities depending on how you are printing. First, we need to know what 'double' means. Does it mean every character is printed twice, or does it mean that every line is printed twice, or are two copies printed for each page (uncollated) or does it mean that two separate copies of the entire print job are printed (collated)? I'll assume it's the last...

If your printer has a front panel, there may be a choice to control number of copies. If duplicate pages are printed, the printer may have a copy count=2 option. Typically, if two separate copies of the job are printed, then the lp command is seeing -n2 somewhere (alias for lp?) or someone has modified the printer script in /etc/lp/interface to always print 2 copies.

Now this assumes your printer is connected to your B2600. If instead, the printer is on another computer, things get more complicated. Go to the print server and try a simple print job there. And locally, your /etc/lp/interface directory may have a modified rlp script with the copy count changed.

The simplest way to fix these cases is to delete the printer and add it back so the unmodified printer script can be restored.