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From: ttl@astroatc.UUCP (Tony Laundrie)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Re: Garden variety PS -> EPS filter
Message-ID: <2341@astroatc.UUCP>
Date: 17 Jul 89 17:10:18 GMT
References: <11613@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <982@adobe.UUCP> <985@adobe.UUCP> <2537@lll-lcc.UUCP>
Reply-To: ttl@astroatc.UUCP (Tony Laundrie)
Organization: Astronautics Technology Cntr, Madison, WI
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In article <2537@lll-lcc.UUCP> langdon@lll-lcc.UUCP (Bruce Langdon) writes:
>
>On our Sun 4, the log lists only the banner pages.
>Did we install it incorrectly? There is a rumor that Transcript...

On our UNIX machine, only the banner pages are noted in /usr/adm/printer_log.
Output that comes from the laser printer is saved into a temporary file in the
spooling directory, /usr/spool/printer_name/errsXXXX.  Unfortunately, lpr
removes this file right after your job is finished.  There are several ways
to capture it:

   - Type 'tail -0f /usr/spool/printer_name/errs* > somefile' right after
     sending your job.  If you can't get the errs* file fast enough, insert
     a PostScript pause to your job like this:
         usertime 5000 add                    % current usertime + 5000 ms
         {dup usertime lt {pop exit} if} loop % wait for usertime to catch up

   OR

   - Modify your version of lpr so that it copies the errs* file to the
     mail file if the -m option is used.  Add these lines to printjob.c:
	 929,937c929
	 <           printf("\ncompleted successfully\n");
	 <           /* Copy the error file -- especially for PostScript
	 <              output that the user wants to see */
	 <           if ((fp = fopen(tmpfile, "r")) != NULL) {
	 <              while ((i = getc(fp)) != EOF)
	 <                   putchar(i);
	 <              (void) fclose(fp);
	 <           }
	 <           putchar ('\n');

Have fun.   ...uwvax!astroatc!ttl   ttl@astroatc.UUCP   Tony Laundrie