This applies to qa0404. I originally files this bug report against kmail but have since found that some software of mine as well as a2ps have the same problem. My hardware is the HP JETDIRECT EX Plus box connected to an HP 4000. When I saw that the new RedHat printconf package supported the JetDirect interface (port 9100), I decided to use that (I previously used the ifhp filter with JetDirect successfully). Now the JetDirect box can also be configured as a Unix Printer (lpd queue). The problem is that postscript output to the printer will terminate before printing the entire file. If you print a short file, then nothing is printed although something is sent to the printer. I can get behavior with kmail, kwrite, and a2ps but not (strangely) with either netscape or mozilla. When using a2ps to print a README file which generates "8 pages on 4 sheets", I get the first two sheets formated properly, then the printer seems to pause (delay a tenth of s second) and switch modes. A single sheet is printed with what appears to be a single line of text surrounded by parens (postscript). Finally, a blank sheet is "printed". I experimented and created another queue (lp1). This time I defined the JEetDirect interface as a "Unix Printer" with the ip address and the queue defined as "raw". When I use this second queue with a2ps, kmail, kwrite, etc. everything works!! Since the printconf package includes the filters, etc. for printing files, it appears that there is a bug. Based on my experience, it is highly repeatable. I will attach my printcap. Gene
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 35193 ***