[Xprint] Is there somewhere else to turn?

[Thomas Dodd]

John Francis Lee wrote:
>>Try printing to the temp file spool with xprint, and posting the 
>>output (or add it to a bugzilla report and post the bug number).
> 
> Where are the xp_* files created. I can't find them.


Depends on the name of the spooler. I think all of Roland releases use 
/tmp/Xprintjobs. Some of the newer Debian packages use $HOME instead of 
/tmp, but not sure of the directory name. It might be .Xprintjobs too.

>>You might have to edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/C/print/Xprinters
>>to enable that "printer" and restart xprint.
>>
>>Have you tried the sample Xprint priograns, like xpsimplehelloworld?
> 
> I haven't tried that, but I can print using OpenOffice... just tried
> xpsimplehelloworld and it does produce a page... US letter size though.

I'm not sure if those samples only do na_letter, or if it uses the 
default page size in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver/C/print/attributes/document.

Also note, the C directory should match you locale settings. Most are 
symlinks to C, but some may be different.

Sound like xprint is working. You may have a font problem with more 
complex stuff, but the basics work. That's good.

You can also try xpxthelloworld and xphelloworld, which are a little 
more complex than the simple one.

>>Have you tried non-Thai pages with xprint? It could be a font issue with 
>>the Thai printing.
> 
> My firefox0.9.1/xprint-20040707release-0.9.001 combination sends pages
> to the printer, either English or Thai, and the network lights blink as
> they are received, and the Ricoh AP 1600 says 'wake up' and 'processing'
> and then 'ready'... nothing is produced. If I print to file, using
> firefox's file, I get a beautiful rendition of the page, either Thai or
> English, in question. If I then try to print that page... same routine.

How are you tring to print that file? just the normal spooler commands 
like lp/lpr? Can you post one of those files for us to look at?

If you can view the output with ghostscript (gs, gv, ggv and such), then 
the problem is probably not xprint.