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From: Tom Parsons <cis@tegan.com>
Subject: Re: Problem with Network Printers and Realworld 9.0 spooled printers
Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 15:11:04 GMT References: <3AF9127C.5F880AEF@aplawrence.com> <Pine.SC5.4.30.0105090823220.2406-100000@xenau>

Boyd Lynn Gerber enscribed:
| On Wed, 9 May 2001, Tony Lawrence wrote:
| > Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
| > > 3.  Realworld will not let the print job go to the printer till you exit
| > > with a yes or no to the question.  Have all the checks printed correctly?
| > > I do not know if they have printed correctly or not?
| >
| > For these things, Realworl wants to print to a device, not a
| > spooler.  Use the named pipe method described at
| > /SCOFAQ/scotec7.html#netdevice
| 
| Thanks, I should have mentioned I had tried that first.  That method adds
| a problem 5 of random missing checks.  When I used the named pipe every
| printing will be missing some checks.  Never the same ones.  If I print 30
| checks 1-5 will be missing.  I do not get parts being printed with the
| rest missing, but the entire check missing.  Where with the spooler I can
| not get it to miss every time just once in a great while..

I use Kevin Smith's script and it works flawlessly.  I've one location 
that puts thousands of sequential print jobs through it every day.

 > #!/bin/sh
 > DEV=/dev/pseudo-printer-name-which-you-created-with-mknod-p
 > 
 > while :
 > do
 >     # exec will hang till someone opens DEV for writing
 >     exec <$DEV
 >     lp -dprinter-spool-name
 >     -or-
 >     hpnpf ...whateverittakestoprintfromstdin...
 > done
 > --
 > Do two rights make | Kevin Smith, ShadeTree Software, Philadelphia, PA, USA
 > a libertarian      | 001-215-487-3811  shady.com,kevin   bbs.cpcn.com,sysop
 >                    | dvtug.org,kevins--Deleware Valley Transit Users Group

--tom 
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 Tom Parsons            tom@tegan.com          
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