CentOS and filePro printing

[Craig Tooker]

On 9/26/2011 14:21, scooter6 at gmail.com wrote:
> Okay, some of you know I'm in the process of converting our SCO OpenServer
> system to CentOS 5.5
[snip]
> This is a network printer - I downloaded the Linux driver (.ppd file) and
> Linux itself sees it, prints a good test page, I can print a .txt file from
> the command line, etc.
Okay - so CUPS appears to be working.  You need to know the destination 
name of the printer.  Use:
lpstat -t
To get a list of printers defined on your system and their names.  
Whatever the name, make sure a printer is defined in filePro as follows 
(from the configuration editor):
pfprinter|foo
printer1|foo,hplaser,lp -ddest -o raw -s,Description

Where "hplaser" is the printer type from filePro (you may use a 
different name) and "dest" is the destination name you obtained from the 
lpstat command.  Note that your "pfprinter" may be set to something else 
if this printer is *not* the default printer for filePro.  The 
"printer1" can be any number but the sequence *must* be contiguous.  If 
you have three printers defined they must be sequenced "printer1", 
"printer2", "printer3".

As I'm sure you know, you can find the configuration editor within the 
directory option off the main filePro menu.  If you have less than ten 
printers defined you may also use the printer maintenance option to 
manage printers.
>
> However, filePro won't print anything to it??  Nothing - no blank page,
> nothing....
> It 'acts' like it does (meaning, I don't see any errors, etc)
> When I'm browsing a file, I try to 'hardcopy' a screen and I see
> 'application octet/stream' show up at the bottom? but doesn't print anything
>
> What am I missing here? Something is apparently 'a miss' from filePro to
> Linux and sending print out put to the right place?
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Scott
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