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- From: jr@bioch.ox.ac.uk (Jeremy Rowntree)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs
- Subject: PC-NFS pcnfslpd generates extra form feed!!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.181435.25725@frege.bioch.ox.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 18:14:35 GMT
- Organization: Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford
- Lines: 63
- Originator: jr@frege.bioch
-
- We have a small non-Internet linked network of 9 PCs running Sun PC-NFS 4.0a
- and served by a Sun IPX. One PC is configured as a dedicated print spooler.
-
- We are trying to convert an Epson FX-100+ dot matrix printer from a local
- LPT1: to a PCNFSLPD shared PC printer. When connected via the network, the
- print job works but it is followed by a Form Feed which is absent when the
- same application (FoxPro) prints to the same printer via a local port.
-
- Since the application is used to print labels, the repeated form feeds are a
- problem since the loss of several lines of labels per job is unacceptable.
- The same print share PC also spools for an HP LaserJet IIID which also
- produces a blank page at the end of every job.
-
- We do not have the "-x" option enabled on pcnfslpd and file does not appear
- to have been modified by its passage from PC to Sun to PC, as judged by
- comparing the spool file found in the C:\nfs\spool\lpt2 directory with the
- original. We are mounting the printer with the "/fmt=raw" option to NET USE.
-
- Has anyone seen similar behaviour?
-
- Does anyone have any insight into whether the PCNFSLPD program may be
- appending a form feed after it has sent the spool file to the printer?
-
- Thanks for any help.
-
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- Jeremy Rowntree | E-Mail: jr@bioch.ox.ac.uk
- Deputy Computer Manager, Biochemistry Dept | Voice : +44 865 275270
- University of Oxford, England. OX1 3QU | FAX : +44 865 275259
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-
- Relevant Info:-
-
- PC we are printing from is a
- 386SX running Dos 5 and PC-NFS 4.0a
- c:\nfs\drives.bat contains
-
- NET USE LPT1: cherwell:lb /fmt=raw
-
- Unix Box is a
- Sun IPX running SunOS 4.1.2 and pcnfsd v2, dated 12.10.92
- /etc/pcnfsd.conf contains no printer information
- /etc/printcap contains
-
- s3|S3|hplaser|lp|Hewlett Packard IIID for DOS:\
- :lp=:rm=windrush:rp=LPT1:\
- :sd=/var/spool/s3:
- lb|LB|labels|Epson FX-100+:\
- :lp=:rm=windrush:rp=LPT2:\
- :sd=/var/spool/lb:
-
- Print share PC is a
- 386SX running Dos 5 and PC-NFS 4.0a
- PCNFSLPD.INI contains
-
- PRINTER LPT1: s3
- PRINTER LPT2: lb
- DEDICATED
- --
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- Jeremy Rowntree | E-Mail: jr@bioch.ox.ac.uk
- Deputy Computer Manager, Biochemistry Dept | Voice : +44 865 275270
- University of Oxford, England. OX1 3QU | FAX : +44 865 275259
-