topic Re: Send eject paper to printer in Operating System - HP-UX

Send eject paper to printer

alex1982 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:40:54 GMT

Hello ,
i am using rlpr command to print to a windows shared printer like the following:
/usr/local/bin/rlpr -h -o --windows -SHAREDPRINTER@COMPUTER /opt/test.txt
What happens is that the printer , after has finished with the job, loads the next paper to 1/3 of it.
How can i make the printer eject the paper again, using the same command rlpr ?

Re: Send eject paper to printer

OldSchool — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 15:54:00 GMT

1) If I recall correctly, the use of "rlpr" directly, instead of vi the "lp" command, is not supported.

2) you've by-passed any model scripts that would have allowed you to customize the output (like adding a trailing form-feed).

3) in this config, any changes required are more than likely going to have to be made to "SHAREDPRINTER@COMPUTER".

4) what brand / model printer and is it connected to a JetDirect interface? If so, why not print directly from HP to it?

Re: Send eject paper to printer

alex1982 — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:11:07 GMT

The printer is an Epson LQ680 printer.
It is shared in a Windows computer.
I am using rlpr to print to it.This problem occures only when the options --windows and -o are used.One third of the next page is loaded into the printer,after printing the page.
When i use rlpr with the -p option, this is not happening , but the font and formatting are not good.
Unfortunately , i can not modify the text files that i am printing, and i need to use the --windows and -o options, so that formatting is OK.

So , i am thinking of re-using the command rlpr, but this time sending the eject command to the printer.

Thanks

Re: Send eject paper to printer

OldSchool — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 16:48:37 GMT

well duh...i read that as "lpr". "rlpr" is not part of the "standard" lp suite (at least I don't believe it used to be.

I'd have set this up with as a "remote" printer in the HPUX side. That should/would pass the original file to windows for it's printer driver to process. As this is a "dot matrix" printer, I assume that the paper is fan-fold, so it could also be an issue w/ lines-per-page on the printer.

If windows prints properly, try setting up a remote printer, rather than fiddling w/ rlpr.

Re: Send eject paper to printer

alex1982 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:08:45 GMT

Unfortunately, i can not set up the printer as a remote printer, because, i have to print to all domain printers, and i can not install them one by one to the server as remote printers.
This is why i am using rlpr for printing this document.
How can i send the form feed character to the printer using rlpr.

Re: Send eject paper to printer

alex1982 — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 07:38:55 GMT

I created a new file with only one line in it, the chr(12) form feed character.
I am printing that file after the file i want to print.
It seems to work.
Thanks for your help.