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- 1 - 3. _C_h_a_n_g_e_s__a_n_d__A_d_d_i_t_i_o_n_s 3.0.1 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s _i_n _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g _T_o_o_l_s _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._7.* _f_r_o_m _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._6 +o A bug in /usr/lib/print/manprint that caused the manprint filter to print the manpage twice (when the command "man -t" was run) has been fixed. +o The lp command will now print files that it previously could not print due to privilege and file access issues (a file with 0660 privileges not owned by lp could not be printed) (/usr/bin/lp was changed to be sgid lp to fix this.) +o If CosmoPlayer software was loaded on previous releases of the Printing Tools software then Impressario drivers could not print raster image files (they would print as VRML ASCII text files). This has been fixed in version 1.7.* (and higher) of the Printing Tools software for IRIX. +o The cancel command can now be used to cancel all print jobs using the -a argument (this cancels all print jobs for all printers). To cancel all print jobs for a specific printer use "cancel -a <printername>". See the cancel(1) man page. +o A new utility, setdevperms(1M), is found in Print version 1.7 (and higher). setdevperms(1M) is used to setup the /etc/ioperms file when a printer is installed. /etc/ioperms is used by IRIX version 6.4 (and higher) to reset default device permissions after a reboot. (IRIX releases before 6.4 will ignore /etc/ioperms.) setdevperms(1M) is not meant for general use. +o A new utility, modinfofltr(1M), is found in Print version 1.7 (and higher). modinfofltr(1M) is used to parse the output from the modelinfo(1m) command and is used in the mkcentpr(1M), mknetpr(1M), mkserialpr(1M) shell scripts. modinfofltr(1M) is not meant for general use. +o A bug that could cause a print queue to be disabled if the system was rebooted with pending print jobs to the parallel port has been fixed. lpenabled(1) is now used to detect when the output port is unavailable and re- enables the queue once the port is available. lpenabled(1) is a new utility program and is not meant for general use. See the lpenabled(1) man page for - 2 - details. +o If "disable -r <reason>" is used to disable a print queue that is already disabled the reason for disabling the printer is updated. Previously, the reason was ignored if the printer was already disabled. +o If a system is setup as a printer client it will now copy the default printer settings from the print server to the client (to serve as the initial default settings). This requires that the print server and client both run Print version 1.7.* (or higher). +o A bug in the bsd spooler could cause 2 jobs destined for different printers to be sent to the same printer if the two print queues shared the same queue directory. This bug has been fixed. +o lpd was changed to write the local control file after the data file has been fully read from the socket. This will ensure that the receiving lpd starts working on the job after the data file is fully read. Earlier, the control file is created as soon as it is read from the socket which could result in an incomplete file being printed. +o /var/spool/lp/settings directory is no longer world writable. +o modelinfo(1M) now creates the file /var/spool/lp/modelinfo.dat the first time it is run. Subsequent invocations will display modelinfo.dat unless a file has been moved, added or changed in the /var/spool/lp/model or /var/spool/lp/PPD_model directories. Since modelinfo.dat also contains information to indicate if an Impressario license is needed (and available) the modelinfo.dat file will also be updated by modelinfo(1M) if /var/flexlm/license.dat is updated. The change was made to reduce the amount of time required to return the information since a large number of PPD files in the /var/spool/lp/PPD_model directory can require several seconds to parse. +o The Printer Manager now displays a list of printer vendors to choose from (instead of one long list of all supported printers). When a printer vendor is selected a list of supported printers for the selected vendor is displayed. This change was made to accommodate the large number of possible supported printers if the Impressario PPD driver is installed. - 3 - +o The mknetpr(1M) and mkcentpr(1M) scripts (for adding printers) were updated to generate a list of supported printer vendors. Selecting the vendor then generates a list of supported printers for the selected vendor. This change was made to accommodate the large number of possible supported printers if the Impressario PPD driver is installed. +o The Printer Manager now has a Quit button (you can now quit from the Printer Manager without using the pull- down menu). +o The Add Printer menu for configuring the workstation as a printer client has a new option to indicate that the remote print server is not an SGI. If the menu is used to indicate that the remote print server is not an SGI then BSD lpr protocols will be used to communicate with the remote print server. Thus, this menu can be used to force the use of the BSD lpr protocol when setting up the system as a print client. NOTE: If the menu selection indicates the remote system is an SGI (the default) the process of setting up the printer will still attempt to confirm that the remote print server is actually an SGI workstation (by connecting to the lp service running on an SGI print server). If it is determined the remote server is not an SGI then the configuration will fall back to using the BSD lpr protocols (this is the behavior in previous releases). 3.0.2 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s _i_n _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g _T_o_o_l_s _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._6 _f_r_o_m _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._5 +o Release 1.6 of the Printing Tools is functionally equivalent to release 1.5. The difference is in the way the source code has been compiled. Release 1.6 is compiled with the N32 and MIPS3 instruction set. The previous release (1.5) was compiled o32 with a MIPS 2 instruction set. 3.0.3 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s _i_n _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g _T_o_o_l_s _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._5 _f_r_o_m _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._4 +o A new script for configuring an SGI system as a client to a lpr/bsd print server is now available. The script is /usr/sbin/mkbsdnetpr. Previously, there was no command line script that provided this functionality (the graphical Printer Manager had to be used). Please see the mkbsdnetpr(1M) man page for details. +o If you run the /usr/sbin/mknetpr(1M) script and do not give it any command line options you will now be - 4 - prompted with a message which asks if the remote system is an SGI, BSD print server or a printer with a built- in network board. If you indicate the remote system is an SGI then mknetpr continues. If you indicate it is a BSD print server then mknetpr will invoke mkbsdnetpr(1M). If you indicate the remote system is a printer with a built-in network board then mkjtpr(1M) is run. IMPORTANT: mkjtpr(1M) is part of the Impressario(1) product. You will not see item 3 listed if Impressario(1) is not installed on the system. +o When you run the Printer Manager or /usr/sbin/mknetpr (to add a printer that spools to a remote print server) the two utilities will now lists all printers on the remote system if the remote system is an SGI running version 1.5 (or higher) of the Printing Tools. Previously, the tools used for adding a printer would not list a printer on the remote system if the output device for the printer was /dev/null (/dev/null indicates that the remote system forwards the print jobs to another system). If you select a printer on the remote system that actually forwards the print jobs to another system (creating a two-hop connection to the true print server) you will be warned and offered the choice to connect directly to the true print server (avoiding a two-hop connection). +o chkconfig can now be used to turn the lp and BSD lpr spoolers on and off. "chkconfig lp off" or "chkconfig lp on" are examples of how chkconfig can be used to turn the lp spooler off or on. Use "chkconfig bsdlpr off" or "chkconfig bsdlpr on" for the bsd spooler (note that the bsd spooler software does not install by default so "chkconfig bsdlpr on" does not do anything unless print.sw.bsdlpr is installed). By default lp is "on". By default bsdlpr is "on" if the optional bsd spooler software (print.sw.bsdlpr) is installed. chkconfig values only apply at boot time ("chkconfig lp off" does not stop the print spooler -- it prevents it from starting at the next boot). See the chkconfig(1M) man page for details. +o routeprint(1) (also known as fileconvert(1)) no longer support the older ftr(1) database format .ctr files. If the -c option is specified with a .ctr file then the -c option is ignored and the default desktop.otr database is used. See the routeprint(1) man page for details. - 5 - +o In earlier releases when configuring a remote printer using the printers tool if the hostname specified has trailing blanks then the connection will fail and the printer will not be added. This has been fixed in Printing Tools 1.5. 3.0.4 _C_h_a_n_g_e_s _i_n _P_r_i_n_t_i_n_g _T_o_o_l_s _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._4 _f_r_o_m _v_e_r_s_i_o_n _1._3 (Version 1.4 of the Printing Tools was shipped with IRIX 6.2.) +o _l_p_s_c_h_e_d(1M) (the System V printing daemon) will now accept print jobs from _l_p_d(1M) (the BSD printing daemon) running on a remote system. A bug in version 1.3 of Printing Tools prevented this from working with lpd clients that sent the data file(s) before the control file (see RFC 1179 for information on the lpd protocol). (Many implementations of the BSD printing system that run on PCs send the data files first.) This bug has been fixed. NOTE: _l_p_s_c_h_e_d(1M) will not accept print jobs from _l_p_d running on the local system. +o Remote printing to BSD printers (on remote computer systems running _l_p_d(1m)) is supported from the lp spooler starting with version 1.3 of the Printing Tools (IRIX 5.3 runs version 1.3 of the Printing Tools; IRIX 6.2 runs version 1.4). Remote BSD printers can be installed using _p_r_i_n_t_e_r_s(1M), the graphical Printer Manager, by typing the host name and remote printer name into the "Add Printer" dialog. Note that printers that have a direct connection to the network and which support lpd will probably not configure correctly using the _p_r_i_n_t_e_r_s(1M) tool. See the next section _K_n_o_w_n _P_r_o_b_l_e_m_s _a_n_d _W_o_r_k_a_r_o_u_n_d_s for details. +o A bug (number 281990) that prevented the OPTIONS string in lp model files from being parsed correctly has been fixed.