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Is there any chance that anyone out there has successfully gotten
printing to work on a Canon IR7200 from a Solaris 8 box?

I've tried setting up a printer using the information from the Sun
System Administration guide, and the filter in sunsolve ID28463. No
banner page prints (default is banner ON, I didn't change it), and the
text STILL stair-steps.

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com (Mathew Kirsch) writes:
>Is there any chance that anyone out there has successfully gotten
>printing to work on a Canon IR7200 from a Solaris 8 box?
>
>I've tried setting up a printer using the information from the Sun
>System Administration guide, and the filter in sunsolve ID28463. No
>banner page prints (default is banner ON, I didn't change it), and the
>text STILL stair-steps.
>

What is the output of these commands:

lpget printer-name
lpstat -v printer-name
lpstat -lp printer-name

Where "printer-name" is replaced by the name you gave to the
printer when you set up the printer queue on Solaris.

-Greg
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309$ lpget 1SW_IR7200
1SW_IR7200:
bsdaddr=10.36.12.31,lp,Solaris

282$ lpstat -v 1SW_IR7200
system for 1SW_IR7200: 10.36.12.31 (as printer lp)

283$ lpstat -lp 1SW_IR7200
printer 1SW_IR7200 is idle. enabled since Jul 23 09:49 2004. available.
Remote Name: lp
Remote Server: 10.36.12.31

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com (Mathew Kirsch) writes:
>309$ lpget 1SW_IR7200
>1SW_IR7200:
> bsdaddr=10.36.12.31,lp,Solaris
>

That's why the filter didn't work. This configuration bypasses
all filtering. That's why document 28463 says:

In Solaris 2.6 and later, this solution will not work for printers
configured using the remote printer configuration. If the command
lpstat -lp does not show an "Interface:" line, the printer is
configured as remote - this solution won't work.


Here's the configuration you want:

lpadmin -x 1SW_IR7200

lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -v /dev/null -m netstandard
lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -o dest=10.36.12.31:lp
lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -I prn-text
/usr/bin/enable 1SW_IR7200
/usr/sbin/accept 1SW_IR7200


As long as you've kept the "Input types:" and "Output types:" lines
in the filter definition file the same as document 28463 shows them,
you should start getting banner pages and text files without any
stair-stepping.

-Greg
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gerg@panix.com (Greg Andrews) wrote in message news:<cdrqar$3vq$1@reader2.panix.com>...
> Here's the configuration you want:
>
> lpadmin -x 1SW_IR7200
>
> lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -v /dev/null -m netstandard
> lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -o dest=10.36.12.31:lp
> lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -I prn-text
> /usr/bin/enable 1SW_IR7200
> /usr/sbin/accept 1SW_IR7200

Greg,

Thanks for the info. However, the command "lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -o
dest=10.36.12.31:lp" doesn't work. The system responds "ERROR: Error
writing printer information for "1SW_IR7200" (Invalid argument)"

Many other lpadmin commands I've tried from previous posts have the
same result, usually ones that involve the -o option. This is Solaris
8, as I think I mentioned earlier. Is there something different in
Solaris 8?

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com (Mathew Kirsch) writes:
>
>Thanks for the info. However, the command "lpadmin -p 1SW_IR7200 -o
>dest=10.36.12.31:lp" doesn't work. The system responds "ERROR: Error
>writing printer information for "1SW_IR7200" (Invalid argument)"
>
>Many other lpadmin commands I've tried from previous posts have the
>same result, usually ones that involve the -o option. This is Solaris
>8, as I think I mentioned earlier. Is there something different in
>Solaris 8?
>

Shouldn't be. How about if you log in as root (rather than
using su), and cd to /tmp before you type the lpadmin commands.

If you still get the error, post the output of the command
"which lpadmin".

-Greg
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gerg@panix.com (Greg Andrews) wrote in message news:<ce7b9v$si5$1@reader2.panix.com>...
> Shouldn't be. How about if you log in as root (rather than
> using su), and cd to /tmp before you type the lpadmin commands.
>
> If you still get the error, post the output of the command
> "which lpadmin".

Doesn't matter. The configuration still doesn't produce the proper
behaviour on the printer... They're trying to print from this Oracle
"Financials" thing I'm not at all familiar with.

I can configure the printer to print from UNIX by faking out HP
JetAdmin(?) software. Problem is, this printer stubbornly refuses to
print both the job and the banner page. If the banner page is on, the
job doesn't print. There are few settings to change in the printer,
and changing them has no effect.

Okay, I can live without banner pages. When we print text files from
the command line, the jobs print fine. Printing from Oracle
"Financials," they get stair-stepping.

mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com (Mathew Kirsch) writes:
>
>Okay, I can live without banner pages. When we print text files from
>the command line, the jobs print fine. Printing from Oracle
>"Financials," they get stair-stepping.
>

Looks like the Oracle software settings need to be adjusted
for this printer.

-Greg
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