Jacob Meuser <jakemsr () sdf ! lonestar ! org> wrote
FPU,V86,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUS

No error shown in xterm from 'lpr dclean', but a very long excerpt of
lpd-errs follows.  Nothing printed.

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Edward Ahlsen-Girard
Ft Walton Beach, FL

Jan  1 13:49:56 poof lpd[21536]: restarted
foomatic-rip version 4.0.5.223 running...
called with arguments: '-w132', '-l66', '-i0', '-n', 'ed', '-j',
'dclean', '-h', 'poof.my.domain', '/etc/foomatic/HPOJ.ppd' Parsing PPD
file ... Added option PageSize
Added option ImageableArea
Added option PaperDimension
Added option ColorModel
Added option Resolution
Added option InputSlot
Added option MediaType
Added option Font

Parameter Summary
-----------------

Spooler: lpd
Printer:
Shell: /bin/ksh
PPD file: /etc/foomatic/HPOJ.ppd
ATTR file:
Printer model: HP DeskJet Series
Options: dclean
Job title: dclean
File(s) to be printed:
<STDIN>

Printing system options:
Pondering option 'dclean'
Unknown boolean option "dclean".
Options from the PPD file:

================================================

File: <STDIN>

================================================

Filetype unknown, trying to convert ...

Starting converter for non-PostScript files
Starting process "kid1" (generation 1)
Starting process "kid2" (generation 2)
file converter command: a2ps -1 --medium=Letterdj --center-title=dclean
-o - Starting process "fileconverter" (generation 2)
kid2: writing alreadyread
kid2: Then read the rest from standard input
kid2: Close out and stdin
kid2 finished
[stdin (Bourne Shell): 1 page on 1 sheet]
Filetype: PostScript
Reading PostScript input ...
--> This document is DSC-conforming!

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Found: %%BeginProlog
Inserting option code into "Prolog" section.
Found: %%EndProlog

-----------
Found: %%BeginSetup
Inserting option code into "Setup" section.
Found: %%EndSetup

-----------
New page: %%Page: (1) 1

Found: %%BeginPageSetup
Inserting option code into ...
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where did HPOJ.ppd come from?

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jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

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fwiw, I just tried with my HP officejet 4500, to see if it prints with ulpt
and lpd on my laptop (I normally use ugen and cups on my desktop... I
need ugen for the scanner).

I installed hpijs and foomatic-filters packages.  this pulled in a2ps
and ghostscript.

located the ppd I want, which is
/usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd.gz

I had to dig for that.  well, 'pkg_info -L hpijs | grep 4500' is how I
found it.  not sure why 'foomatic-ppdfile -P 4500' did not find it.
I think it should.  anyway ...

$ zcat /usr/local/share/foomatic/db/source/PPD/HP/hp-officejet_4500_g510g-m-hpijs.ppd.gz > hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd
$ sudo cp hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd /etc/foomatic
$ sudo mg /etc/printcap
$ cat /etc/printcap
#	$OpenBSD: printcap,v 1.4 2003/03/28 21:32:30 jmc Exp $

#lp|local line printer:\
#	:lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

#rp|remote line printer:\
#	:lp=:rm=music.humppa.hu:rp=lp:sd=/var/spool/output:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

# basically copied from local/share/doc/pkg-readmes/foomatic-filters
# but add the 'sh' to not get the "burst page header"
lp:\
	:lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
	:af=/etc/foomatic/hpoj4500_hpijs.ppd:\
	:if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
	:sd=/var/spool/output:\
	:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
	:sh:
$ sudo lpd
$ lpr bin/aup

and viola, aup, a 10 line shell script, is printed on paper

moral of the story: use the right PPD file.  how did I know which one
to use?  well, I know ijs works with ghostscript, and I've used the
ijs drivers from gutenprint with lpd.  seems to me the most likely to
work, since ghostscript is a classical lpd filter.

-- 
jakemsr@sdf.lonestar.org
SDF Public Access UNIX System - http://sdf.lonestar.org

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On Sun, 2 Jan 2011, Jacob Meuser wrote:



foomatic-ppdfile only works on xml files, not PPDs (it actually creates 
a PPD file from an XML definition). HPLIP only provides pre-formatted 
PPD files but not the XML sources so... yeah you do have to look for it 
manually.

-- 
Antoine

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