printing error - help

[Kenneth Brody]

On 1/28/2010 2:44 PM, flavius m wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> The printer is defined in Filepro. This is how it shows up in Filepro Configuration:
> 23 pfprinter           ? printer
>
> where "printer" is the real name of the printer defined in linux for /dev/lp0.

But, what is the filePro defintion for the filePro printer called "printer"?

> Report command:
> /appl/fp/dreport myreport -f myform -s  -P printer

That tells filePro to print to a file called "printer".

> What is the difference between -p and -pn? (per online manual one selects the printer the other one sets the printer. What is the difference between the two?).

The "-pn" sets the printer type and destination based on the printer name.

So:

     -p printer

tells filePro to send the output to a file called "printer", while:

     -pn printer

tells filePro to look in the filePro config file for a printer called 
"printer" and set the type and destination based on that definition.

> I get the same error if I try it as root or another user.

I wouldn't expect otherwise.

> This is what I did:
>
> I ran this:
> /appl/fp/dreport myreport -f myform -s  -pq
>
> then selected default printer then the printer "printer" from the list and it worked. However it doesn't work the other way.
[...]

What do you mean you "selected default printer then the printer 'printer' 
from the list"?

And, once again, what is the filePRo definition for the filePro printer 
called "printer"?