samba - Aug 1999 - Question: HP LaserJet III

Here is my bit "o" problem:

We have an HP Laser Jet III with the postscript add on.  We have been
using the printer under samba for while, but every print job, there is a
page that says %[LAST PAGE]% + other garbage.  Does anybody know of any
hacks or fix's to get the printer / samba to get this system to not
print that last page.

Info:

Clients = Win9X - Print via the HP LJ III PS Cart.
Server = Linux Mandrake 6.0
         AMD K6/450 - 128 Meg O Ram
         10+ Gig HD


Thanks in advance.
Phillip Mather
mailto:fatz@linuxhaven.com

www.linuxhaven.com

samba@samba.org said:
> We have an HP Laser Jet III with the postscript add on.  We have been
> using the printer under samba for while, but every print job, there is
> a page that says %[LAST PAGE]% + other garbage.  Does anybody know of
> any hacks or fix's to get the printer / samba to get this system to
> not print that last page.
> Server = Linux Mandrake 6.0
Yes, I think this the same problem as we had with RedHat 5.2. There's a bug
in
the /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/ps-to-printer.fpi file which causes error 
messages from ghostscript to be sent to the printer.

I expect you'll have the same problem with mandrake since it's based on 
redhat. I have been using a work-around for some time now.

Try changing the lines which used to say:
eval "$mpage_cmd | gs -q -sDEVICE=$GSDEVICE \
             -r$RESOLUTION \
             -sPAPERSIZE=$PAPERSIZE \
             -dNOPAUSE \
             -dSAFER \
             $COLOR \
             $EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS \
             - "
or something equivalent

to read:
eval "$mpage_cmd | gs -q -sDEVICE=$GSDEVICE \
             -r$RESOLUTION \
             -sPAPERSIZE=$PAPERSIZE \
             -dNOPAUSE \
             -dSAFER \
             -sOutputFile=\"|sh -c cat >&150\" \
             $COLOR \
             $EXTRA_GS_OPTIONS \
             - 150>&1 >/dev/null"

Let me know if it works.


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