<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div>On May 19, 2009, at 1:41 PM, Steve Smith wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hi<br><br>The RAW CUPS queues are set to use AppSocket/HP JetDirect <br><a href="socket://ip">socket://ip</a> address:9100<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div>OK, that's the "right" answer...</div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>I guess the underlying question is how does CUPS know how much data it can<br>send to the plotter in one go, it seems to be 'drip feeding'.<br></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>CUPS sends data as fast as the printer will accept it.</div><div><br></div><div>Have you tried using Wireshark to capture the data going to the printer to see whether the printer is delaying its acks?</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>Steve Smith - GEO Designs Limited<br><br>(voice) +44 (0)2392 466750<br>(fax) +44 (0)2392 637390<br>(mob) +44 (0)7973 392069<br><a href="mailto:steve@gdesigns.co.uk">steve@gdesigns.co.uk</a><br>www.gdesigns.co.uk<br><br>Please contact us if you CGM files, we have the solutions<br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: cups-bounces@easysw.com [mailto:cups-bounces@easysw.com] On Behalf Of<br>cups-request@easysw.com<br>Sent: 19 May 2009 20:00<br>To: cups@easysw.com<br>Subject: cups Digest, Vol 64, Issue 22<br><br>Send cups mailing list submissions to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>cups@easysw.com<br><br>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups<br>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>cups-request@easysw.com<br><br>You can reach the person managing the list at<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>cups-owner@easysw.com<br><br>When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>than "Re: Contents of cups digest..."<br><br><br>Today's Topics:<br><br> 1. Re: Restricting use of a colour printer<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>toblack-and-white<br> (Brett Ussher)<br> 2. Does CUPS keep the PS files it generates for<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>printing?<br> (Brett Ussher)<br> 3. Re: Print Speed (Michael Sweet)<br> 4. Re: Does CUPS keep the PS files it generates for<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>printing?<br> (Michael Sweet)<br> 5. Tray-Control Duplex (max server)<br> 6. Re: Tray-Control Duplex (Helge Blischke)<br> 7. Re: Tray-Control Duplex (max server)<br> 8. Re: Tray-Control Duplex (Michael Sweet)<br><br><br>----------------------------------------------------------------------<br><br>Message: 1<br>Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 17:58:49 -0700<br>From: Brett Ussher <breusshe@hotmail.com><br>Subject: Re: [cups.general] Restricting use of a colour printer<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>toblack-and-white<br>To: cups@easysw.com<br>Message-ID: <35255-cups.general@news.easysw.com><br><br>I just recently did this. I took a color PPD file and looked through it for<br>awhile. How I figured out what was a color printer setting and what was<br>black and white was by looking at how the driver option settings appeared in<br>the CUPS admin. In the settings you can set a printer to print just black<br>and white, of course, but I wanted it to be the only option. By looking at<br>all the other color option names and searching for them in the PPD I was<br>able to successfully delete all of the color settings and leave only the<br>black and white with composite black (grayscale) and then set those options<br>to the default setting for the driver.<br><br>The key is to keep an original copy of the PPD so that if you mess in<br>editing it, you're not out of luck. But, all in all, it only took me about<br>30 minutes to figure out what to delete from the file and I've never opened<br>a PPD before.<br><br>Brett<br><br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">There may also be other ways to alter the PPD to make it black and<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">white only. I am not a post script master but I have seen some of<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">these people at work.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Having two queues available to the clients is a good idea. It is very<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">simple protection.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">If the users have administration control over their machines or are<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">able to add print queues and you require greater security then<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">PrintAgent : http://www.lucidsystems.org/pringingworks/printagent is<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">able to authenticate specific users to a CUPS queue. PrintAgent is<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">also able to interface with various directory systems for password<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">credentials so that people will be granted or denied access based upon<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">group membership for instance.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">This kind of approach allows both queues to be installed on a single<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">machine but will only allow someone who is allowed to print to print<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">to the color queue.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Finally if the clients are *NIX based then, PrinterSetup is able to<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">dynamically alter the queues based upon the user who is logging onto<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">the system. So if a user is a certain group then they will have both<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">color and black and white queues available in the print dialog box.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">Details on PrinterSetup is available from :<br></blockquote></blockquote>http://www.lucidsystems.org/printingworks/printagent/<br><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite">I hope this helps.<br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Thank you, Henri. PrintAgent is new to me and sounds to be worth<br></blockquote>investigating - even for uses other than the specific one I asked about.<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">John A. Murdie<br></blockquote><br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 2<br>Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 18:09:08 -0700<br>From: Brett Ussher <breusshe@hotmail.com><br>Subject: [cups.general] Does CUPS keep the PS files it generates for<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>printing?<br>To: cups@easysw.com<br>Message-ID: <35256-cups.general@news.easysw.com><br><br>I need to get hold of one of the postscript files that I've printed (not<br>anyone in particular, just need one for troubleshooting an unrelated issue).<br>I'm wondering if CUPS keeps a copy of the files it has printed. I found<br>/var/spool/cups, but that only seems to have the log of the job that was<br>printed, not the job itself. Is there a place I can look or do I need to<br>enable some setting to make CUPS store the PS files for a bit?<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Brett Ussher<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 3<br>Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 20:06:09 -0700<br>From: Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com><br>Subject: Re: [cups.general] Print Speed<br>To: cups@easysw.com<br>Message-ID: <35257-cups.general@news.easysw.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<br><br>Steve Smith wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Hi<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">We have implemented CUPS 1.3.7 for our network printing environment. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Our application software generates large RTL files for wide format <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">Designjet printers but we have a problem. When we print through RAW CUPS <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">queues the print speed on the Designjets is slow, The printhead does a <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">pass but then seems to be waiting for more data before the next pass. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">If we print directly to the Designjet via TCP/IP the print speed is <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">fine. Is there anything we can do to increase the speed as it not a <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">memory issue in the printer.<br></blockquote><br>What backend (device URI) are you using?<br><br>-- <br>______________________________________________________________________<br>Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products mike at easysw dot com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 4<br>Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 20:09:59 -0700<br>From: Michael Sweet <mike@easysw.com><br>Subject: Re: [cups.general] Does CUPS keep the PS files it generates<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>for<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>printing?<br>To: cups@easysw.com<br>Message-ID: <35258-cups.general@news.easysw.com><br>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed<br><br>Brett Ussher wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite">I need to get hold of one of the postscript files that I've printed<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">(not anyone in particular, just need one for troubleshooting an<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">unrelated issue). I'm wondering if CUPS keeps a copy of the files it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">has printed. I found /var/spool/cups, but that only seems to have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the log of the job that was printed, not the job itself. Is there a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">place I can look or do I need to enable some setting to make CUPS<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">store the PS files for a bit?<br></blockquote><br>You won't have the printer-ready PostScript there, but if you turn<br>the "PreserveJobFiles" option in cupsd.conf on, e.g.:<br><br> cupsctl PreserveJobFiles=Yes<br><br>then the "d" files will still be around.<br><br>-- <br>______________________________________________________________________<br>Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products mike at easysw dot com<br><br><br>------------------------------<br><br>Message: 5<br>Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 00:09:57 -0700<br>From: max server <max40@gmx.de><br>Subject: [cups.general] Tray-Control Duplex<br>To: cups@easysw.com<br>Message-ID: <35259-cups.general@news.easysw.com><br><br>Hi,<br>I have a problem<br><br>I want to print duplex and provides pages of an other tray printing (also<br>duplex)!<br><br>lp -d myprinter -o Duplex=DuplexNoTumble -o PageSize=A4 -o InputSlot=Manual<br>-o 3:InputSlot=Tray1 -o 4:InputSlot=Tray1 /mydoc.pdf<br><br>The document has 6 pages!<br>Page 1 and 2 also 5 and 6 will be correctly printed (duplex)<br>Page 3 and 4 be printed simplex !<br>The same even if b<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>cups mailing list<br>cups@easysw.com<br>http://lists.easysw.com/mailman/listinfo/cups<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>
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