Printing issue in fp 5.0.14 for non root users on Openserver 5.0.6

Kenneth Brody kenbrody at spamcop.net
Thu Nov 19 15:28:34 PST 2009


Stephen Prather wrote:
> I added a new HP LaserJet P4015x on our network and am able to print 
> reports from filePro as the root user and they print correctly.
> When a regular user prints the same report on this printer, it only 
> prints the first two lines formatted incorrectly. The user can print the 
> same report on our LaserJet 4250 and it prints correctly. Has anyone 
> else run across an issue like this that could point me in the right 
> direction of what I am missing?
[...]

First thing I would try is sending the report to a file, once from root, and 
again (to a different file) from a regular user.  The same report should 
produce identical files.  If not, what is different about them?

If the files are identical, then try sending file file to the printer, again 
once from root, and once from a regular user.

Use the command line:

     cat filename | your_destination_command

Based on your post, that would be:

     cat filename | lp -dprintlsr -s

Again, identical files sent to the same print command should generate 
identical results.

At what point in the above does the difference appear?

-- 
Kenneth Brody


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