[cups.general] From plp to Cups?

[Daniel Spannbauer]

Helge Blischke schrieb:
> Daniel Spannbauer wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>> Ok, our plp is now sending the control-file (cf) before the datafile
>>>>> (df). The Parameter "fj" in every printcap-entry does the trick.
>>>>> Bute cups is still not printing. The Control-File seems to be correct
>>>>> and it is sended first (checked by a strace over the cups-lpd), but
>>>>> there is no Printjob on the Cups-side.
>>>>>
>>>>> Heres the Controll-file:
>>>>> CA
>>>>> D1235723979
>>>>> Hdumper
>>>>> LDaniel Spannbauer,bab,27
>>>>> Pds
>>>>> Y1
>>>>> NDocuments/test.ps
>>>>> JDocuments/test.ps
>>>>> fdfA060dumper
>>>>> UdfA060dumper
>>>>>
>>>>> Any clues?
>>> Michael Sweet schrieb:
>>>> The control file contains some non-standard stuff, but nothing 
>>>> cups-lpd can't handle.
>>>>
>>>> Any messages in your system log from cups-lpd?
>>> No, only the Standard-Message:
>>>
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 b-bup cups-lpd[18161]: Connection from dumper (IPv4 
>>> 10.3.2.4)
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 b-bup cups-lpd[18161]: Receive print job for color_b_eg
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 b-bup cups-lpd[18161]: Closing connection
>>>
>>>
>>> Thats all. Nothing More, nothing less. But plp gives the output:
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Sendjob: 
>>> sendname cfX066dumper to b-bup failed
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Link_send: 
>>> link to b-bup not open
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Sendjob: 
>>> sendname cfX066dumper to b-bup failed
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Link_send: 
>>> link to b-bup not open
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Sendjob: 
>>> sendname cfX066dumper to b-bup failed
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Link_send: 
>>> link to b-bup not open
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: Sendjob: 
>>> sendname cfX066dumper to b-bup failed
>>> Feb 28 09:53:22 dumper /usr/uti/lib/lpd[15677]: hp5550: job cannot be 
>>> sent from dumper to b-bup
>>>
>> Attached there is another strace from cups-lpd.
>> Regards
>>
>> Daniel

> 
> Well, the "receive print file for printer xxx" has been accepted
> and acknowledged (by sending 0x00 back), but the next line cups-lpd
> gets from the input stream reads
> "\004122 cfX055dumper\n"
> The initial flag byte "\0" is definitely wrong and thus answered by a
> "\1" negative acknowledge byte; it should be "\2"
> for the control file, and is the control file really 4122 bytes in size?

No, its only 122 bytes in size.

> 
> I just looked into the cups-lpd source (cups 1.3.5), it accepts only the
> Berkeley style flag bytes, so you must not specify the fj switch.

Sure? In my opinion the "fj"-Flag in plp is need. Only with the 
"fj"-switch the plp is sending the Control-File before the data-file.

Regards

Daniel



> 
> Helge
> 

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