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тАО01-05-2011 09:00 AM
тАО01-05-2011 09:00 AM
lp printing issue following OS updates
A few hours later a couple of printers disappeared so I did a lot of research and according to Datatel we are supposed to point to a script that calls "lpstat -a" to pull in a printer list. I did a "lpstat -a" and I get the same list that shows up in Datatel which is missing 2 printers.
We modified our Datatel to point to an old script which pulls printer information straight from Easyspooler and we get our full list.
My question is if lpalias has the full list of alias' then why would (assuming that all printers were setup correctly previously) the lpstat be different than the easyspooler listing, and why would the 2 printers just disappear? Is there a seperate file that lp commands use to pull it's printer information from? Thanks.
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тАО01-05-2011 09:22 AM
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Re: lp printing issue following OS updates
I'm not aware if that command, just lp(1).
>Is there a separate file that lp commands use to pull its printer information from?
I would assume so. A better question is, where does Easyspooler keep its info.
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тАО01-05-2011 09:37 AM
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Re: lp printing issue following OS updates
We have some 3rd Party printing subsystems and spoolers like QMX from Minolta, etc. It takes some bit of intimacy with the software but finding out how it interacts with the built in or if it is independent is dependent on thine EasySpooler manauals...
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тАО01-05-2011 09:49 AM
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Re: lp printing issue following OS updates
You'll need to work with Easyspooler support on this. There are no HP-UX commands called lpalias or llp. The standard lp commands that are in HP-UX work well by themselves but Easyspooler replaces the lp spooler with a new subsystem.
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тАО01-05-2011 10:24 AM
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Re: lp printing issue following OS updates
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тАО01-05-2011 10:30 AM
тАО01-05-2011 10:30 AM
Re: lp printing issue following OS updates
(This is as unknown as before.)
>So where is the unix lp commands store/pull its information from?
This isn't going to help you. lp uses binary files in /var/spool/lp/, etc and I assume that Easyspooler uses something completely different.
>I want to setup the printing like Datatel wants, which is to use the unix lp commands and not the ROC software.
One way this might work is if the ROC software has commands with a superset of the lp commands. Then you either set up some aliases for Datatel with the same names and redirect to the ROC commands. Or you can use $PATH to point to some wrapper scripts.
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тАО01-05-2011 10:32 AM
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Re: lp printing issue following OS updates
If this works, what more do you want?
Your subject implies it was working before your update? From what two versions?
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