Can only print PCL (pjl) file from Linux

[galger]

Why????

I am Printing the same PCL file on five different flavors..
Only LinuxRedhat will print it.
The other 4 flavors (HPUX11, SCO, AIX, and Solaris)
Printer Data Light blink on the printer, it says it is printing.. then resets. The lp print job just disappears
from the queue. (lpstat -t)..

PS. I am adding the printer the same way on all machines.

Please let me know your thoughts..

Thanks,.

 

[HamishZA]

Have you tried printing a simple text file (like etc/hosts which I always use as a quick test), as opposed to the PCL file which is full of escape sequences?

 

[galger]

Yes.. lp -d printer /etc/host prints fine.. I have printed many different type of files from all of these server..
The problem is just with PCL/PJL type file..

 

[DansDadUK]

It seems that either your unix spoolers are mangling the data, or the original data file does not contain sequences valid on the target printer.

Try sending the 'PCL/PJL' file direct to the printer, to confirm that the original data is valid for the target device.

In Windows you'd use something like:

lpr -S IP-address -P queue-name myPCLPJLfile

where:

IP-address is the TCP/IP address of the printer (assuming it is connected directly to the network).
queue-name is the name of a queue on the printer; most HP devices accept any name, but some devices require particular values (e.g. lpt1_passthru).

Whether you can use the 'lpr' command in this way with HPUX etc., without the spool scheduler intercepting it, I have no idea.