Re: apsfilter

[lrutledge <lrutledge@fairfield.lib.oh.us>]

Alex Lee wrote:
>  
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  
> Alex,
> 
> Thanks, but I am still having problems.  Now I get no errors, and lpq
> will show my print job for a short time, then says there is nothing in
> the queue, but the printer never actually does anything!
> 
> My /etc/printcap:
> 
> lp|lj5gray;r=300x300;q=medium;c=mono;p=letter;m=auto:\
>      :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
>      :if=/usr/local/etc/apsfilter/basedir/bin/apsfilter:\
>      :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>      :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/log:\
>      :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
>      :mx#0:\
>      :sh:
> 
> Permissions:
> # ls -ld /var/spool/lpd/lp
> drwxr-xr-x  2 daemon  daemon  512 Jul  7 04:47 /var/spool/lpd/lp
> 
> # ls -ld /usr/local/etc/apsfilter
> drwxr-xr-x  6 daemon  daemon  512 Jul  7 04:46 /usr/local/etc/apsfilter
>  
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  
> A "chmod 0771 /var/spool/lpd/lp"  resulted in the following permission :-
>  
> #ls -ld /var/spool/lpd/lp
> drwxrwx--x    2    root    daemon    512    May 23 14:15 /var/spool/lpd/lp
>  
> Owner        rwx    (read, write, execute)
> Group        rwx    (read, write, execute)
> Others       --x     (------, -------, execute)
>  
> To my understanding the permission you assigned to /var/spool/lpd/lp 
> directory is like:-
> Owner        rwx     (read, write, execute)
> Group        r-x       (read, ------, execute)
> Others        r-x      (read, ------, execute)
>  
> Your daemon 'group' apparently does not have the 'write' permission on 
> the /var/spool/lpd/lp directory. Perhaps this explains why there is 
> nothing in the queue.
>  
> Alex Lee
>  
>  
>  
> 
> 
Alex,

I can dump paper to the printer all day, and apsfilter can print a test 
page.  I think the problem is in the interface between lpd and apsfilter.

It looks like I can get this thing working with a2ps and ghostscript, 
both in the packages collection.  I just need to figure out the printcap 
entry to make it all work.  If I understand, a2ps will convert anything 
that gets sent to the print que to a ps file, which ghostscript will 
then dutifully filter for my printer and dump out on paper.  Argh!

Is this documented well somewhere for us OpenBSD folk?  Anybody else 
using a similar setup that would share scripts and printcap entries?

Thanks,

Lincoln


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