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David Bongo | 23 Jun 2012 03:25

eCUPS installation & setup issue

I'm trying to get eCups set up on a PC with a Laserjet 5L via parallel 
port.  (The standard driver occasionally chokes when printing from 
Seamonkey, and graphics output is terrible.)  The WPI package installs 
fine, and web administrator comes up OK, but when I go to add a printer, 
nothing is available.  I tried a bunch of times (at least 10-20 
attempts) but the LPD option never popped up, and two of the other 4 
network options (IPP and AppSocket, I think) appeared only once each.

The PC has a second OS installation (rescue partition, but also to 
compare SNAP with Panorama and for stuff like this.)  I tried installing 
eCUPS on that.  It went fine.  The first attempt to add a printer did 
not present the LPD option.  The second attempt did.  And I installed it 
and it works great.  It's slower than the native driver, but the 
graphics are noticeably improved.

The only problem is that it outputs an extra blank page at the end of 
the job.  I went into the administration area to check the default 
settings, but it wouldn't load.  So that's a slight problem.

The bigger problem is why on the primary installation I can't get a 
printer set up.  The other bit of weirdness is that I can't run Firefox 
on that installation.  It tells me that Firefox is already running and I 
need to terminate it before I can start it.  I tried running it using 
the Run! utility but that didn't work either.  Top didn't show Firefox 
running, so I'm at a loss on that one.  I don't know if this is 
relevant, but I thought I should mention it.

Thanks,

Dave

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David McKenna | 30 Jun 2012 00:32

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

David,

On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:25:10 -0400, David Bongo wrote:

>I'm trying to get eCups set up on a PC with a Laserjet 5L via parallel 
>port.  (The standard driver occasionally chokes when printing from 
>Seamonkey, and graphics output is terrible.)  The WPI package installs 
>fine, and web administrator comes up OK, but when I go to add a printer, 
>nothing is available.  I tried a bunch of times (at least 10-20 
>attempts) but the LPD option never popped up, and two of the other 4 
>network options (IPP and AppSocket, I think) appeared only once each.
>

  Did you hit 'Continue' on the 'Add Printer' page without choosing anything?
Usually everything shows up after that. This is a reported problem... (I
assume 'Parallel port adapter' appears in the hardware manager)

>The PC has a second OS installation (rescue partition, but also to 
>compare SNAP with Panorama and for stuff like this.)  I tried installing 
>eCUPS on that.  It went fine.  The first attempt to add a printer did 
>not present the LPD option.  The second attempt did.  And I installed it 
>and it works great.  It's slower than the native driver, but the 
>graphics are noticeably improved.
>
>The only problem is that it outputs an extra blank page at the end of 
>the job.  I went into the administration area to check the default 
>settings, but it wouldn't load.  So that's a slight problem.
>
>The bigger problem is why on the primary installation I can't get a 
>printer set up.  The other bit of weirdness is that I can't run Firefox

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David Bongo | 1 Jul 2012 19:58

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

David McKenna wrote:
> David,
>
> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:25:10 -0400, David Bongo wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to get eCups set up on a PC with a Laserjet 5L via parallel
>> port.  (The standard driver occasionally chokes when printing from
>> Seamonkey, and graphics output is terrible.)  The WPI package installs
>> fine, and web administrator comes up OK, but when I go to add a printer,
>> nothing is available.  I tried a bunch of times (at least 10-20
>> attempts) but the LPD option never popped up, and two of the other 4
>> network options (IPP and AppSocket, I think) appeared only once each.
>>
>
>    Did you hit 'Continue' on the 'Add Printer' page without choosing anything?
> Usually everything shows up after that. This is a reported problem... (I
> assume 'Parallel port adapter' appears in the hardware manager)
>

Yep, I did the 'continue' thing about 30 times - it didn't work.

I'm not at that computer, but I'm fairly certain it appears in the 
hardware manager.  Also, I can print via parallel port using the 
included LJ driver.

>> The PC has a second OS installation (rescue partition, but also to
>> compare SNAP with Panorama and for stuff like this.)  I tried installing
>> eCUPS on that.  It went fine.  The first attempt to add a printer did
>> not present the LPD option.  The second attempt did.  And I installed it
>> and it works great.  It's slower than the native driver, but the

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Pete Brown | 1 Jul 2012 23:08

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Hi David

David Bongo wrote:
> David McKenna wrote:
>> David,
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Jun 2012 21:25:10 -0400, David Bongo wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to get eCups set up on a PC with a Laserjet 5L via parallel
>>> port. (The standard driver occasionally chokes when printing from
>>> Seamonkey, and graphics output is terrible.) The WPI package installs
>>> fine, and web administrator comes up OK, but when I go to add a printer,
>>> nothing is available. I tried a bunch of times (at least 10-20
>>> attempts) but the LPD option never popped up, and two of the other 4
>>> network options (IPP and AppSocket, I think) appeared only once each.
>>>
>>
>> Did you hit 'Continue' on the 'Add Printer' page without choosing
>> anything?
>> Usually everything shows up after that. This is a reported problem... (I
>> assume 'Parallel port adapter' appears in the hardware manager)
>>
>
> Yep, I did the 'continue' thing about 30 times - it didn't work.
>
> I'm not at that computer, but I'm fairly certain it appears in the
> hardware manager. Also, I can print via parallel port using the included
> LJ driver.
>
>>> The PC has a second OS installation (rescue partition, but also to

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David Bongo | 2 Jul 2012 23:27

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Pete Brown wrote:
> Hi David
>
> David Bongo wrote:

<CUT>

>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>> text editor pops up:
>>
>> Critical Error
>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>> Terminate Program?
>>
>> Selecting "Yes" gives
>>
>> Critical Error
>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DF5 at $00010514 !
>> Terminate Program?
>>
>> Selecting yes gives
>>
>> Exception Occured

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David McKenna | 3 Jul 2012 00:14

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Dave,

On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:27:13 -0400, David Bongo wrote:

>Pete Brown wrote:
>> Hi David
>>
>> David Bongo wrote:
>
><CUT>
>
>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>>> text editor pops up:
>>>
>>> Critical Error
>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>>> Terminate Program?
>>>
>>> Selecting "Yes" gives
>>>
>>> Critical Error
>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DF5 at $00010514 !
>>> Terminate Program?

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Pete Brown | 3 Jul 2012 00:33

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Hi David

David McKenna wrote:
> Dave,
>
> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:27:13 -0400, David Bongo wrote:
>
>> Pete Brown wrote:
>>> Hi David
>>>
>>> David Bongo wrote:
>>
>> <CUT>
>>
>>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>>>> text editor pops up:
>>>>
>>>> Critical Error
>>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>>>> Terminate Program?
>>>>
>>>> Selecting "Yes" gives
>>>>
>>>> Critical Error

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David McKenna | 3 Jul 2012 01:36

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Pete,

On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:33:06 +0100, Pete Brown wrote:

>Hi David
>
>David McKenna wrote:
>> Dave,
>>
>> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:27:13 -0400, David Bongo wrote:
>>
>>> Pete Brown wrote:
>>>> Hi David
>>>>
>>>> David Bongo wrote:
>>>
>>> <CUT>
>>>
>>>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>>>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>>>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>>>>> text editor pops up:
>>>>>
>>>>> Critical Error
>>>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>>>>> Terminate Program?

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Pete Brown | 3 Jul 2012 16:45

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Hi Dave

David McKenna wrote:
> Pete,
>
> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 23:33:06 +0100, Pete Brown wrote:
>
>> Hi David
>>
>> David McKenna wrote:
>>> Dave,
>>>
>>> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:27:13 -0400, David Bongo wrote:
>>>
>>>> Pete Brown wrote:
>>>>> Hi David
>>>>>
>>>>> David Bongo wrote:
>>>>
>>>> <CUT>
>>>>
>>>>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>>>>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>>>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>>>>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>>>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>>>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>>>>>> text editor pops up:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Critical Error

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David Bongo | 6 Jul 2012 02:02

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

David McKenna wrote:
> Dave,
>
> On Mon, 02 Jul 2012 17:27:13 -0400, David Bongo wrote:
>
>> Pete Brown wrote:
>>> Hi David
>>>
>>> David Bongo wrote:
>>
>> <CUT>
>>
>>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>>>> text editor pops up:
>>>>
>>>> Critical Error
>>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>>>> Terminate Program?
>>>>
>>>> Selecting "Yes" gives
>>>>
>>>> Critical Error
>>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DF5 at $00010514 !

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Alex Taylor | 3 Jul 2012 16:59

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:58:14 UTC, David Bongo 
<OverlordChak@...> wrote:

> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the 
> problem.  I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it 
> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues.  It, too, 
> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been 
> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to 
> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the 
> text editor pops up:
> 
> Critical Error
> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
> Terminate Program?
> 
> Which seems to indicate a problem with the Printer object.  But near as 
> I can tell, that's been set up fine - I used the same procedure I used 
> to set it up on my father's maintenance partition.  I'm perplexed.  Any 
> help would be gratefully appreciated.

Make sure the OS/2 printer system itself is working.  I suggest you
create a new printer object with a driver like "Generic Postscript Printer"
and output port set to "print to file".  Then use the WPS context menu to 
set this to the default printer, and try printing to it from AE or other
applications.  If it still blows up, you'll know the problem is in your
system (specifically, the PM printing subsystem) and not with CUPS.  If
it does work, then you can continue with trying to debug CUPS.

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David Bongo | 4 Jul 2012 21:26

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Alex Taylor wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:58:14 UTC, David Bongo
> <OverlordChak@...>  wrote:
>
>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>> problem.  I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues.  It, too,
>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>> text editor pops up:
>>
>> Critical Error
>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>> Terminate Program?
>>
>> Which seems to indicate a problem with the Printer object.  But near as
>> I can tell, that's been set up fine - I used the same procedure I used
>> to set it up on my father's maintenance partition.  I'm perplexed.  Any
>> help would be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Make sure the OS/2 printer system itself is working.  I suggest you
> create a new printer object with a driver like "Generic Postscript Printer"
> and output port set to "print to file".  Then use the WPS context menu to
> set this to the default printer, and try printing to it from AE or other
> applications.  If it still blows up, you'll know the problem is in your
> system (specifically, the PM printing subsystem) and not with CUPS.  If
> it does work, then you can continue with trying to debug CUPS.
>

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Paul Smedley | 4 Jul 2012 22:25

Re: Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Hi David,

On 05/07/12 04:56, David Bongo wrote:
> Alex Taylor wrote:
>> On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:58:14 UTC, David Bongo
>> <OverlordChak@...>  wrote:
>>
>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>> problem.  I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues.  It, too,
>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using the
>>> text editor pops up:
Sorry for the delayed responses, things have been a little busy.

Firstly, do I read correctly that you're successfully printing using a 
printer connected via parallel port? If so, that's the first successful 
report :)

>>>
>>> Critical Error
>>> Access violation (EGPFault) occured
>>> at CS:EIP =$0000005B:$1D5A7DFA at $00011BF4 !
>>> Terminate Program?
>>>
>>> Which seems to indicate a problem with the Printer object.  But near as
>>> I can tell, that's been set up fine - I used the same procedure I used
>>> to set it up on my father's maintenance partition.  I'm perplexed.  Any
>>> help would be gratefully appreciated.

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David Bongo | 5 Jul 2012 14:28

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Paul Smedley wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> On 05/07/12 04:56, David Bongo wrote:
>> Alex Taylor wrote:
>>> On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 17:58:14 UTC, David Bongo
>>> <OverlordChak@...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> And I haven't been idle all week, just ineffective at solving the
>>>> problem. I installed eCUPS on my PC (Laserjet 4P attached), and it
>>>> installed OK and installed a printer with minimal issues. It, too,
>>>> pushes out a blank page at the end of a job (the only one I've been
>>>> successful with is the test page from within CUPS) but I am unable to
>>>> print from a CUPS printer via any application I've tried. Even using
>>>> the
>>>> text editor pops up:
> Sorry for the delayed responses, things have been a little busy.
>
Hi, Paul.  No problems with the delay - I understand "busy" and 
considering how much porting you do for the community, it's not a problem.

> Firstly, do I read correctly that you're successfully printing using a
> printer connected via parallel port? If so, that's the first successful
> report :)
>

I'm successfully printing using a printer connected via parallel port 
but using the IBMNULL printer object/lpd workaround detailed in the 
eCUPS "howto" guide.

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David Bongo | 6 Jul 2012 01:49

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

David Bongo wrote:
<cut>
>
> 2> Athlon II + Laserjet 5L - Maintenance partition install - it seems to
> work fine with much better graphical output over the PCL driver in
> (obviously) limited testing.
>
> 2b> Athlon II + Laserjet 5L - working partition - eCUPS installs, but
> despite over 100 attempts (so far) the LPD option refuses to come up
> when adding a printer.
>
> Very little wants to print on this installation, even what appears to be
> pure text e-mails will sometimes crash Seamonkey. Lucide typically
> prints OK, but the other day printing an 8-page PDF locked up the
> system, continued to lock it up upon reboot, and was only freed by
> booting into the maintenance partition and deleting everything in
> /var/spool.
>

I must be some kind of genius -- It's only taken me a full week to 
determine that the maintenance partition is on the same PC as the 
working partition.  So I fired up Seamonkey to test printing 3 
problematic e-mails using eCUPS.  They all printed with absolutely zero 
trouble.  Well, near zero trouble.  All three spat out an extra blank 
page at the end of the print job.  I have no idea why, maybe it's 
IBMNULL's fault.  I do see a "Form Feed Control" option in there (None, 
Conditional, and Compulsory).  It's on "Conditional" now.  Should I pop 
it over to "None"?

As my father is getting really, really, really aggravated by the

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Alex Taylor | 8 Jul 2012 03:51

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:28:44 UTC, David Bongo 
<OverlordChak@...> wrote:

> The printer driver generating the message is ecups.drv.  I tried to 
> reply last night, but gmane gave me some sort of an error message and it 
> appears to have not posted.  I should get to work now, but I'll try to 
> give a brief rundown of the events on 2 different PCs.
> 
> 1> Corei7 + Laserjet 4P - eCUPS installs and a testpage prints.  I have 
> been unable to get ANYTHING to print from an application.  Typically I 
> get a couple of fast beeps and an application crash, but the text editor 
> gives me the quoted error messages before closing.
> 
> The laserjet PCL driver that ships with eCS 2.1 will *sometimes* give 
> (what seems to be) the same crash in Seamonkey, but other applications 
> have been unaffected.  Printing to a file, and then dragging that file 
> onto the printer object works, but is a hassle.
> 
> 2> Athlon II + Laserjet 5L - Maintenance partition install - it seems to 
> work fine with much better graphical output over the PCL driver in 
> (obviously) limited testing.
> 
> 2b> Athlon II + Laserjet 5L - working partition - eCUPS installs, but 
> despite over 100 attempts (so far) the LPD option refuses to come up 
> when adding a printer.
> 
> Very little wants to print on this installation, even what appears to be 
> pure text e-mails will sometimes crash Seamonkey.  Lucide typically 
> prints OK, but the other day printing an 8-page PDF locked up the 
> system, continued to lock it up upon reboot, and was only freed by

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David Bongo | 9 Jul 2012 17:34

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Alex Taylor wrote:
>
> I'm pretty certain that something is wrong with either the printer
> object, or with ECUPS.DRV.  Possibly the spooler but that's a distant
> third IMHO.
>
> Here's what I strongly recommend you do.
>
> 1. Delete ALL printer objects.

Done

> 2. Delete all print queues and drivers.  Use PRNDRV.EXE (link available
>     in the eCUPS howto).  Reboot just to be safe.

Done

> 3. Recreate your ECUPS printer.  I suggest you use CUPSWIZ rather than
>     the web GUI.  http://www.altsan.org/os2/printing/#cupswiz

I left my original eCUPS printer installed in eCUPS, but I did try 
CUPSWIZ.  It's a nice interface and a fantastic idea.  Unfortunately, it 
didn't work for my application - Parallel port.  I installed an IBMNULL 
printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create a 
CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.

I went into the web interface and the CUPSWIZ generated printer prints 
out a test page, so that end works fine.

> 4. Go to the \OS2\DLL\ECUPS or \OS2\DLL\ECUPS-HP (whichever you use)

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David Bongo | 9 Jul 2012 23:43

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

David Bongo wrote:
> Alex Taylor wrote:
>>
>> I'm pretty certain that something is wrong with either the printer
>> object, or with ECUPS.DRV. Possibly the spooler but that's a distant
>> third IMHO.
>>
>> Here's what I strongly recommend you do.
>>
>> 1. Delete ALL printer objects.
>
> Done
>
>> 2. Delete all print queues and drivers. Use PRNDRV.EXE (link available
>> in the eCUPS howto). Reboot just to be safe.
>
> Done
>
>> 3. Recreate your ECUPS printer. I suggest you use CUPSWIZ rather than
>> the web GUI. http://www.altsan.org/os2/printing/#cupswiz
>
> I left my original eCUPS printer installed in eCUPS, but I did try
> CUPSWIZ. It's a nice interface and a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, it
> didn't work for my application - Parallel port. I installed an IBMNULL
> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create a
> CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.
>
> I went into the web interface and the CUPSWIZ generated printer prints
> out a test page, so that end works fine.
>

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Pete Brown | 10 Jul 2012 02:13

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Hi David

David Bongo wrote:
> David Bongo wrote:
>> Alex Taylor wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm pretty certain that something is wrong with either the printer
>>> object, or with ECUPS.DRV. Possibly the spooler but that's a distant
>>> third IMHO.
>>>
>>> Here's what I strongly recommend you do.
>>>
>>> 1. Delete ALL printer objects.
>>
>> Done
>>
>>> 2. Delete all print queues and drivers. Use PRNDRV.EXE (link available
>>> in the eCUPS howto). Reboot just to be safe.
>>
>> Done
>>
>>> 3. Recreate your ECUPS printer. I suggest you use CUPSWIZ rather than
>>> the web GUI. http://www.altsan.org/os2/printing/#cupswiz
>>
>> I left my original eCUPS printer installed in eCUPS, but I did try
>> CUPSWIZ. It's a nice interface and a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, it
>> didn't work for my application - Parallel port. I installed an IBMNULL
>> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create a
>> CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.
>>

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David Bongo | 11 Jul 2012 02:53

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Pete Brown wrote:
> Hi David
>
> David Bongo wrote:
>> David Bongo wrote:
>>> Alex Taylor wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm pretty certain that something is wrong with either the printer
>>>> object, or with ECUPS.DRV. Possibly the spooler but that's a distant
>>>> third IMHO.
>>>>
>>>> Here's what I strongly recommend you do.
>>>>
>>>> 1. Delete ALL printer objects.
>>>
>>> Done
>>>
>>>> 2. Delete all print queues and drivers. Use PRNDRV.EXE (link available
>>>> in the eCUPS howto). Reboot just to be safe.
>>>
>>> Done
>>>
>>>> 3. Recreate your ECUPS printer. I suggest you use CUPSWIZ rather than
>>>> the web GUI. http://www.altsan.org/os2/printing/#cupswiz
>>>
>>> I left my original eCUPS printer installed in eCUPS, but I did try
>>> CUPSWIZ. It's a nice interface and a fantastic idea. Unfortunately, it
>>> didn't work for my application - Parallel port. I installed an IBMNULL
>>> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create a
>>> CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.

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Alex Taylor | 10 Jul 2012 14:09

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:34:07 UTC, David Bongo 
<OverlordChak@...> wrote:

> I left my original eCUPS printer installed in eCUPS, but I did try 
> CUPSWIZ.  It's a nice interface and a fantastic idea.  Unfortunately, it 
> didn't work for my application - Parallel port.  I installed an IBMNULL 
> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create a 
> CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.

Crashed how, exactly?  With an error message?  A stack trace?  A
POPUPLOG.OS2 entry?

 
> And I decided to give it one more shot, but first, I couldn't select a 
> port, and now I can't even create a printer object (Install Printer just 
> closes on me) and here is what happens with PRNDRV:
> 
> Developed by Keller Group Inc.
> Copyright (c) 1991-1999 Keller Group Inc. All rights reserved.
> 
> Found PrintQueue 'PCL-Lase' PMPRINT
> Found PrintQueue 'LJ4P-CUP' PMPRINT
> Found Printer 'PCL-Lase'  LASERJET.HP LaserJet 4P,IBMNULL
> Found Printer 'LJ4P-CUP' LPT1 LASERJET.HP LaserJet 4P,IBMNULL
> Found PrinterDriver 'LASERJET.HP LaserJet 4P'
>                      'D:\OS2\DLL\LASERJET\LASERJET.DRV'
> Found PrinterDriver 'ECUPS.HP LaserJet 4P'
>                      ''
> Found PrinterDriver 'IBMNULL'
>                      'D:\OS2\DLL\IBMNULL\IBMNULL.DRV'

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David Bongo | 11 Jul 2012 03:10

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Alex Taylor wrote:
> On Mon, 9 Jul 2012 15:34:07 UTC, David Bongo
> <OverlordChak@...>  wrote:
>
>> I left my original eCUPS printer installed in eCUPS, but I did try
>> CUPSWIZ.  It's a nice interface and a fantastic idea.  Unfortunately, it
>> didn't work for my application - Parallel port.  I installed an IBMNULL
>> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create a
>> CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.
>
> Crashed how, exactly?  With an error message?  A stack trace?  A
> POPUPLOG.OS2 entry?
>

An error message that the printer object was not created and to check 
\var\log\cupswiz.l1 which says....

--[ 10 July 2012 16:18:01 
]----------------------------------------------------
Starting printer install for built-in model:
  - Device name: gutenprint.5.2.exe://hp-lj_4p/simple
  - Model name:  HP LaserJet 4P

Driver ECUPS is not in the local repository.
Found driver in D:\ECS\INSTALL\PRNDRV\ECUPS.
Driver ECUPS-HP is not in the local repository.
Driver PSPRINT is not in the local repository.
Creating CUPS printer using:
     lpadmin -p HPLaserjet4P -E -D "HP LaserJet 4P" -L "Computer Room" 
-v "lpd://localhost/lpt1" -m gutenprint.5.2.exe://hp-lj_4p/simple

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Alex Taylor | 11 Jul 2012 11:52

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:10:38 UTC, David Bongo 
<OverlordChak@...> wrote:

> >> didn't work for my application - Parallel port.  I installed an IBMNULL
> >> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create 
> > a CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.
> >
> > Crashed how, exactly?  With an error message?  A stack trace?  A
> > POPUPLOG.OS2 entry?
> 
> An error message that the printer object was not created and to check 
> \var\log\cupswiz.l1 which says....

So it didn't actually crash, then.  You worried me there.

> Creating OS/2 printer using:
>      rinstprn /DSC:D:\ECS\INSTALL\PRNDRV\ECUPS\PRDESC.LST 
> /DRV:D:\OS2\install\prdrv.lst /S:D:\ECS\INSTALL\PRNDRV\ECUPS /T:D: 
> /L1:D:\var\log\rinstprn.log /R:G:\LOTUSW4\TEMP\printer.rsp
> Return code: 0x0063
> See D:\var\log\rinstprn.log for details.

The above is the error message, unfortunately it's meaningless.
That error code simply means "print job cancelled" - and as you saw
rinstprn.log (which I didn't bother quoting again) contains nothing 
useful.

Clearly rinstprn.exe is unable to create either the print queue, the
device, or the WPS object.  MAYBE the first, since the log does 
actually get to the 'Intalling queues' part.

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David Bongo | 12 Jul 2012 04:22

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Alex Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Jul 2012 01:10:38 UTC, David Bongo
> <OverlordChak@...>  wrote:
>
>>>> didn't work for my application - Parallel port.  I installed an IBMNULL
>>>> printer (to connect up with eCUPS via LPD) and then CUPSWIZ did create
>>> a CUPS printer, but it crashed when trying to create a printer object.
>>>
>>> Crashed how, exactly?  With an error message?  A stack trace?  A
>>> POPUPLOG.OS2 entry?
>>
>> An error message that the printer object was not created and to check
>> \var\log\cupswiz.l1 which says....
>
> So it didn't actually crash, then.  You worried me there.
>
>
>> Creating OS/2 printer using:
>>       rinstprn /DSC:D:\ECS\INSTALL\PRNDRV\ECUPS\PRDESC.LST
>> /DRV:D:\OS2\install\prdrv.lst /S:D:\ECS\INSTALL\PRNDRV\ECUPS /T:D:
>> /L1:D:\var\log\rinstprn.log /R:G:\LOTUSW4\TEMP\printer.rsp
>> Return code: 0x0063
>> See D:\var\log\rinstprn.log for details.
>
> The above is the error message, unfortunately it's meaningless.
> That error code simply means "print job cancelled" - and as you saw
> rinstprn.log (which I didn't bother quoting again) contains nothing
> useful.
>
> Clearly rinstprn.exe is unable to create either the print queue, the

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Alex Taylor | 5 Jul 2012 14:15

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:26:10 UTC, David Bongo 
<OverlordChak@...> wrote:

> I'm fairly certain the printing subsystem is OK.  Most stuff prints 
> using the included PCL Laserjet driver.  Most.  On my system there have 
> been a number of pages that, when attempting to print, have crashed 
> Seamonkey.  

What version of SeaMonkey are you using?  IIRC anything before 2.1, and
anything later than about 2.33, have fairly serious problems with printing.

> My father seems to be having even less success than I am, which is why 
> I've attempted to use eCUPS.  If it solves the problem, it would benefit 
> me as well, but the workaround discussed above isn't an option for him.

I missed what printer model you're using, BTW.

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David Bongo | 6 Jul 2012 01:36

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

Alex Taylor wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Jul 2012 19:26:10 UTC, David Bongo
> <OverlordChak@...>  wrote:
>
>> I'm fairly certain the printing subsystem is OK.  Most stuff prints
>> using the included PCL Laserjet driver.  Most.  On my system there have
>> been a number of pages that, when attempting to print, have crashed
>> Seamonkey.
>
> What version of SeaMonkey are you using?  IIRC anything before 2.1, and
> anything later than about 2.33, have fairly serious problems with printing.
>

Seamonkey 2.7.2.  That's why I wasn't overly concerned, as I know there 
have been problems with printing from various Mozilla builds.  Like I 
said, for my system (Core i7, Laserjet 4P) I was kind of cool with it, 
especially since the workaround (print to file, drag file onto printer 
object) worked fine.

But, on the Athlon II (Laserjet 5L) when simple text-only e-mails 
refused to print, well, then I got concerned.  [As an aside, 5L printing 
has been flaky ever since eCS 1.1 or 1.2.  Through the years I've 
backleveled a number of PCL drivers to get one that wouldn't randomly 
drop letters from text pages.]  Anyways, on the Athlon II maintenance 
install, I fired up Seamonkey and printed out 3 problem e-mails (that 
crashed Seamonkey or spewed a gibberish page and then froze the entire 
system) using eCUPS and they all seemed to print fine.  (I didn't 
actually fully review 12 pages of text.)

>

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Alex Taylor | 8 Jul 2012 03:42

Re: eCUPS installation & setup issue

On Thu, 5 Jul 2012 23:36:38 UTC, David Bongo 
<OverlordChak@...> wrote:

> >> I'm fairly certain the printing subsystem is OK.  Most stuff prints
> >> using the included PCL Laserjet driver.  Most.  On my system there have
> >> been a number of pages that, when attempting to print, have crashed
> >> Seamonkey.
> >
> > What version of SeaMonkey are you using?  IIRC anything before 2.1, and
> > anything later than about 2.33, have fairly serious problems with 
> > printing.
> 
> Seamonkey 2.7.2.  That's why I wasn't overly concerned, as I know there 
> have been problems with printing from various Mozilla builds.  

Yeah, known problem.  Apparently recent Mozillas can only print once,
then any subsequent attempt will crash (IIRC).  

If you want to print seamlessly from SeaMonkey, use version 2.1 or 2.33.

> 4P on the i7 and 5L on the Athlon II.

There's a wide choice of drivers you can use with CUPS in that case, but 
I really think your problem is happening at an earlier point in the chain.

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