Can you use lp with postscript printq

[TCEQ UNIX]

Can you print from postscript print queue on UNIX env without using a2ps. For example if uxps is postscript print queue :

lp -duxps test : will not send the print job to printer. Any suggestions ??

[A. Clay Stephenson]

That depends entirely on the capabilities of the printer itself and on the interface file in /var/spool/lp/interface/printername.

THe interface file is simply a shell script. Look for the options in the file. A very typical one would by lp -dmyprinter -o ps myfile.

[Pete Randall]

Or you can do "lp -o options" to get a full list of options available to you. It (hopefully) will list "-o ps" as one of the options.

Pete

[TCEQ UNIX]

printer type is laserjet 5si and print server is HP11. uxp is ASCII printer and uxps is postscript print queue

if I use lp -duxp -o ps myfile --- does not print anything.

but if I use a2ps filename|lp -duxps - it works.

BUT the problem I am having is a2ps does not translate some control characters on the report so print format does not look correct. that is the reason I am trying to avoid a2ps.

Any suggestions ?

[Sandip Ghosh]

Better you download hp jetadmin Software from HP website and configure the printer under that. It is available free.

Sandip

http://www.hp.com/cposupport/networking/support_doc/bpj06084.html

[Pete Randall]

Hi,

You said "uxp is ASCII printer and uxps is postscript print queue" and then said "if I use lp -duxp -o ps myfile --- does not print anything." I would think you would want to use the postscript print queue "uxps" rather than "uxp". Have you tried that combination?

Pete

[A. Clay Stephenson]

The problem is that you are trying to use a postscript printer to print what is patently ASCII text. The solution is not to use postscript but rather to write a filter (awk,Perl,shell, or C) to read stdin and transform it to fit your needs before sending to stdout and thence to lp. This is a rather common task that you as an admin should be able to handle. The best answer is to , of couse, modify the original source to produce the desired output.

[TCEQ UNIX]

Well I tried both ways lp -duxp -ops myfile
and lp -duxps -ops myfile (and without -ops ), I can see the file on queue but after that it just disappers.

so I am thinking unles I use a2ps with postscript print queue I can not just use lp - is that right. I have already installed hppi driver too. Any suggestions ?

thank you.

[Leif Halvarsson_2]

Hi
When you created the postscript printer, which model interface do you used. If you used the "postscript" interface you should use "-oa" or "-oascii" if printing an ascii file.

[TCEQ UNIX]

I use hppi to create print queue and set to PS for postscript. modelscript is net_lj5x

if I could use lp with postscript print Q it would print report properly.