jgourlay
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How to activate Canon Printer (ir3225) for Solaris 9
used command "lpadmin -p khccf2pr2 -o protocol=bsd,dest=khccf2pr
the printer is accepting requests according to solaris but not printing
root@bunna: /> lpstat -t|grep khccf2pr2
device for khccf2pr2: /dev/null
khccf2pr2 accepting requests since Thu Oct 15 11:13:21 2009
printer khccf2pr2 is idle. enabled since Thu Oct 15 14:06:02 2009. available.
root@bunna: />
the advice received from Canon was configure in same way as our existing HP printers
(ie. above command)
any advice would be appreciated
the printer is accepting requests according to solaris but not printing
root@bunna: /> lpstat -t|grep khccf2pr2
device for khccf2pr2: /dev/null
khccf2pr2 accepting requests since Thu Oct 15 11:13:21 2009
printer khccf2pr2 is idle. enabled since Thu Oct 15 14:06:02 2009. available.
root@bunna: />
the advice received from Canon was configure in same way as our existing HP printers
(ie. above command)
any advice would be appreciated
ASKER
root@bunna: /var/log> more /etc/testprint|lp -d khccf2pr3
request id is khccf2pr3-23663 (standard input)
root@bunna: /var/log> ping khccf2pr2
khccf2pr2 is alive
root@bunna: /var/log>
request id is khccf2pr3-23663 (standard input)
root@bunna: /var/log> ping khccf2pr2
khccf2pr2 is alive
root@bunna: /var/log>
in /var/log there is a bunch of files...
grep lpd *
or
grep khccf2pr2 *
might reveal more, printing a file from /etc there doesn't show a lot.
grep lpd *
or
grep khccf2pr2 *
might reveal more, printing a file from /etc there doesn't show a lot.
ASKER
no reference to khccf2pr2 in /var/log
more /etc/testprint | lp -d khccf2pr2 is method used to send testprint to any printer
more /etc/testprint | lp -d khccf2pr2 is method used to send testprint to any printer
I understand, btw that should be the same as:
'lp -d khccf2pr2 /etc/testprint'
Just to be sure:
grep khccf2pr2 /var/log/*
and
grep lp /var/log/*
both show up empty? are there any files in /var/log
ls -latr /var/log
At the bottom of that list are the recent files, any output in those w.r.t. to to command just given?
'lp -d khccf2pr2 /etc/testprint'
Just to be sure:
grep khccf2pr2 /var/log/*
and
grep lp /var/log/*
both show up empty? are there any files in /var/log
ls -latr /var/log
At the bottom of that list are the recent files, any output in those w.r.t. to to command just given?
ASKER
no entries relating to print command in syslog
is there any entry in the /etc/syslog.conf for lpr?
if not you might first need to add:
lpr.info /var/log/lpr-err
or
lpr.* /var/log/lpr-err
(if needed for now: lpr.debug)
(*.info also counts at lpr.info)
if not you might first need to add:
lpr.info /var/log/lpr-err
or
lpr.* /var/log/lpr-err
(if needed for now: lpr.debug)
(*.info also counts at lpr.info)
ASKER
have now managed to get test print printing however not printing as text
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was able to configure pcl by browsing to printer
Any error messages in lpd logging or in /var/log/* files (=syslog output)?