[K12OSN] terminal printers

[Erick S. Tyack]

On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 09:25 -0400, Jim McQuillan wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> 
> > On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Sudev Barar wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 22:00, Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
> > > Sudev Barar
> >
> > Sudev, we have a misunderstanding here. This are the printers that worked
> > fine before the upgrade, they don't work now. The queues get created
> > correctly, but no printing occurs.
> 
> 
> Seems like some simple troubleshooting is in order here.
> 
> Can you telnet to port 9100 on the client and start typing?
> Hit Ctrl-L, and it should eject the page.
> 
> If the connection is refused, then the lp_server daemon probably isn't
> running.  In that case, maybe it's not loading the kernel modules
> required for the printer.
> 
> What type of interface does the printer have?  (Serial/Parallel/USB)
> 
> Can you send us a copy of your lts.conf file?
> 
> 
> Printing on printers connected to LTSP-4.1.1 terminals DOES work. I've
> seen it with my own eyes.  If it's not working for you, i'm pretty sure
> we can get it figured out.
> 
> Jim McQuillan
> jam at Ltsp.org
> 
> 
> 
> > julius
> >

Does K12LTSP v 4.1.2 run LTSP 4.1?  If so there is a bug where
PRINTER_0_DEVICE is actually PRINTER_1_DEVICE, ex:

PRINTER_1_DEVICE   = /dev/lp0
PRINTER_1_TYPE     = P

This bug is fixed in LTSP 4.1.1, which is what K12LTSP 4.2 is running.



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