Re: Printing to printer on Windows 2000

From: Bob Booth - UIUC (booth_at_UIUC.EDU)
Date: 01/29/04

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    Date:         Thu, 29 Jan 2004 11:21:51 -0600
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Is it possible to set a debugging level on the LPD service on the W2K box?

    I have asked around and there don't seem to be any issues with W2K and LPD,
    but I am not by any means an expert with W2K. Do you ever see the print
    file show up in the queue on the windows side?

    bob

    On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 06:16:52PM +0100, Thomas Rupp wrote:
    > Hi,
    > thanks for your fast response.
    >
    > Yes, we are running LPD on the W2K box. The print file is simple text.
    > We pointed the AIX queue to another spoolserver (NT 4.0 Service Pack 6a)
    > who used the same printer (DR501) and it worked.
    >
    > To us it seems to be a problem with the W2K spool server. It's either a
    > problem with the setup or its a bug in W2K (the spool server is at Service Pack 4).
    >
    > Thanks for your help
    > Thomas Rupp
    >
    > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
    > Von: Bob Booth - UIUC [mailto:booth@UIUC.EDU]
    > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 29. Jänner 2004 18:12
    > An: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Betreff: Re: Printing to printer on Windows 2000
    >
    >
    > how is the queue set up on on the W2k server? Is it LPD server? Is the
    > file your printing compatable on the printer? What format does the printer
    > expect? Does the file need to be Ascii or Postscript, do you autoconvert it?
    >
    > Printers sometimes swallow a print file they don't understand.
    >
    > bob

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