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"bud2" doesn't seem to work properly
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (kcunning@MIT.EDU)
Tue May 28 14:18:41 1996
From: kcunning@MIT.EDU
To: hotline@MIT.EDU
Cc: kcunning@MIT.EDU, belville@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 14:18:34 EDT
Howdy all,
I believe that the lpr switch "-Pxxx2" is supposed to send files to
the printer "xxx" for double-sided printing.
For some reason, this isn't working for the printer "bud" -- i.e.,
"lpr -Pbud2 filename" does NOT send the file to bud.
Actually, I'm not sure where it's sending it -- if anywhere. When I try
"lpr -Pbud2 filename" the command seems to be fine (no errors
are reported) but the file doesn't seem to have gone anywhere:
athena% lpq
PAPER-PUSHER.MIT.EDU... no entries in bud
athena% lpq -Pbud
PAPER-PUSHER.MIT.EDU... no entries in bud
athena% lpq -Pbud2
ARBOR-EATER.MIT.EDU... no entries in bud2
I tried this from my SGI, and I had Sharon Belville try it from her Sun
(logged in as herself), and in neither case did a file appear at bud,
so it seems to be a general problem.
I ran the consult locker lpr2 program and it DID send a file to bud
for double-sided printing, so it doesn't have to do with bud's ability
to receive double-sided requests per se.
Can this be fixed?
(By the way, is there some significance to the fact that
PAPER-PUSHER.MIT.EDU controls the queue for "bud", while
ARBOR-EATER.MIT.EDU [apparently...'] controls the queue for "bud2"?)
Thanks,
--Kevin
