Re: [hylafax-users] how to print on different printers

[Davide Sberna <kingbu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi again guys...

sorry for coming back on this issue.

The problem I have to solve now concerning printing on different device 
is the following:
Fax are printed on both devices, not just on the right one..... and on 
1st device it's printed 2 times!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I compiled my FaxDispatch as below
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........cut cut cut...........

PRINTER=default
case $"DEVICE" in
      ttyS0) PRINTER=K-MARE;;
      ttyS1) PRINTER=K2;;
esac

#log to....
date >> /var/log/hylafax.log
echo "Device: $DEVICE   File: $FILE  Printer: $PRINTER" >> 
/var/log/hylafax.log

tiff2ps -a1 $FILE | lp -d $PRINTER >> /var/log/hylafax.log

++++++++++++UNQUOTE+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Log file is growing properly showin the right device but I'm still 
unable to direct file received, for example on ttyS1, only on proper 
$PRINTER
and at the same time it's printed on the 1st printer 2 times.

The problem I think is in the FaxDispatch
Could someone help me  again?
I'm getting mad :(
Tks in advance for yr help
Davide




A J Stiles wrote:

> On Thursday 30 November 2006 15:23, Davide Sberna wrote:
>  
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I tried configuration that you suggested...
> > Nothing is changed since hylafax server is printing only on system
> > default printer!!!!!
> > I really don't understand why!!!!!
> > Both printers are well configured since I'mable to print other docs
> > without troubles.
> >
> > Could you pls provide other possible solution?
> > Thanks in advance for yr kind help
> > Rgds
> > Davide
> >    
>
> First of all, manually check that you really can print to each printer;
>
> $ lpr -P printer-A somefile.ps
> $ lpr -P printer-B somefile.ps
> (if you have no convenient PostScript file lying around then use
>  $ enscript -p somefile.ps /etc/passwd
> to create one)
>
> If not, fix that before proceeding.
>
> Next, modify your FaxDispatch to create a log of what it's been doing;
>
> PRINTER=default
> case $DEVICE
>    ttyS0) PRINTER=printer-A;;
>    ttyS1) PRINTER=printer-B;;
> esac
> # log what we're doing to a temporary file
> date >> /tmp/stuff
> echo "Device was $DEVICE -- printing $FILE to $PRINTER" >> /tmp/stuff
> # end of AJS's mods
> tiff2ps -a $FILE | lpr -P $PRINTER
>
> Make sure /tmp/stuff exists and is writable;
> $ echo -n "" > /tmp/stuff
> $ chmod 666 /tmp/stuff
>
> Then, after receiving a few faxes, examine /tmp/stuff and make sure it says 
> what you were expecting.  If the file hasn't grown at all, that means your 
> FaxDispatch isn't even being called.  The most likely explanation for this is 
> you've simply saved it in the wrong place.  If you used your distro's 
> pre-compiled Hylafax package rather than compiling from source, they may 
> have "helpfully" moved it for you  (GNU folks generally prefer every package 
> to place its config files somewhere under /etc; BSD folks seem to prefer 
> every package to place its config files somewhere only it knows about.  Each 
> method has its merits, cf. big vs little endianness).  For instance, Debian 
> and Ubuntu use /etc/hylafax/FaxDispatch.  If you're lucky, there will be a 
> sample file, probably containing just comments, already in the right place.
>
> --
> AJS
>
>  


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