Not Printing with PCL extension ,

[kumar.s]

Hello All ,

Iam Facing a issue when i submit a print job with .pcl extension , Normal other extensions are getting printer .Please guide to outcome of the problem

# lp -dmal00200 /ssk.txt
request id is mal00200-6357 (1 file)
# lpstat -o
mal00200-6357 root priority 0 Nov 23 18:51 on mal00200
ssk.txt 1213 bytes
# lpstat -o
# lpstat -o
# lp -dmal00200 /ssk.pcl
request id is mal00200-6358 (1 file)
# lpstat -o
mal00200-6358 root priority 0 Nov 23 18:51 on mal00200
ssk.pcl 1213 bytes
# lpstat -o
mal00200-6358 root priority 0 Nov 23 18:51 on mal00200
ssk.pcl 1213 bytes
# lpstat -o
mal00200-6358 root priority 0 Nov 23 18:51 on mal00200
ssk.pcl 1213 bytes
#
# disable mal00200
printer "mal00200" now disabled
# enable mal00200
printer "mal00200" now enabled
# lpstat -t |grep mal00200
device for mal00200: /dev/null
mal00200 accepting requests since May 16 23:55
printer mal00200 now printing mal00200-6358. enabled since Nov 23 19:00
mal00200-6358 root priority 0 Nov 23 18:51 on mal00200
# lpstat -t |grep mal00200
device for mal00200: /dev/null
mal00200 accepting requests since May 16 23:55
printer mal00200 is idle. enabled since Nov 23 19:00
#

[Bill Hassell]

Filename extensions are meaningless in Unix. While they mean something in Windows, the HP-UX spooler doesn't do anything different based on filenames. A PCL file is a simple ASCII file, but there are several levels of PCL codes, where higher levels are not compatible with older printers. The spooler (lpstat) cannot report printer incompatibilities so you'll need to see if the printer has any error messages on it's front panel.