My Filepro Printers Quit Working

[Paul McNary]

On Thursday 20 September 2007 19:24, Frank7767 at aol.com wrote:
> HELP!
>       System is SCO-UNIX 3.2.5.07 W/FILEPRO.  system has 4 printers..2 HP
> Lasers (4500) 1 multipurpose FAX, COPIER, PRINTER.  and 1 Lexmark 2490 Dot
> Matrix Printer. all are network devices.
>
> I was running mkdev rlp..I want to experiment with remote printing..Anyway,
> the customer called right after than and said she could not print from
> FilePRO to any printer...
>
> I called JP Radley and he determined that the UNIX printing was working
> file. We could print to any of the printers using [lp -d]. We could NOT
> print from dclerk or dreport..The only error we saw was when JP tried to
> hardcopy a screen. The error was "cannot open /usr/bin/lp"
>
> I removed the rlp [using makdev rlp] and rebooted the system..no  change...
>
> Clearly FilePRO is looking for something the mkdev rlp smashed..God knows
> what...
>
> right know the customer is sending the output to a file and calls me to
> print it.
>
>
> Frank  Gemeinhardt
> North East Technical Sales
> frank7767 at aol.com
> 914 672  4085
>
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Frank

I had the lp system corrupt 3 different times at client sites on 5.0.7.
What I found was that the several of the lp commands had gotten
corrupted. I know I copied the relevent files from another system 
to /usr/lib and either copied or linked the /usr/bin/entries.

/usr/lib/cancel, lp, lpmove. lpr. lpstat
and I think lp is linked to lpr or vice versus.
If I remember some of these are linked to /usr/bin.

I know on 2 of times trying rlp and reverting caused the problem and
maybe 1 time was do to trying CUPS. Both mess with
linking different files to those files.

If you look at the file sizes it should give you some idea of
what is messed up.

Paul McNary
pmcnary at cameron.net