[7847] in testers
printing weirdness on Athena 10 cluser machines
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alex T Prengel)
Mon Feb 23 18:13:12 2009
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 18:11:53 -0500
From: Alex T Prengel <alexp@MIT.EDU>
I'm running into printing issues on my Athena 10 cluster machine (and
verified on Bill's) and note different behavior on a workstation machine.
First off, I configure a local printer on the cluster machine via
system-config-printer, set it as default and verify that I can print a
test page, and lpr print to it from the command line.
Then I try to run matlab via "add matlab; matlab -desktop", then try
the print command when the GUI opens. I get "there are no properly
configured printers on the system".
I try running various Java applications, and try to use their print command.
In one application (splus) it give me an error message similar to Matlab, but
most allow me to print but with only the default locally configured printer
appearing in the printer pick list.
I repeat the experiment on a workstation machine. This time Matlab offers me
the full list of configured cluster printers, including the locally configured
one, and allows me to print. The Java applications now offer me the full pick
list of cluster printers in addition to the locally configured one (though
printing from Splus still doesn't work).
The issue seems to be Java-related. On other applications
(mathematica, ooffice) that I don't think use Java printing, I don't
see this (i.e. the cluster machine does offer me the full pick list of
cluster printers including the locally configured one).
I ran into one other printing oddity while testing this- on a Hardy
workstation machine, while trying to configure two local printers, I
could only find one of them in my local printer environment to pick
(hero, a color laserjet 3800dn, IP address 18.152.0.62) but not the
other (leander, a monochrome laserjet 4100n, IP address 18.152.1.87)
whereas on an Intrepid cluster machine, I was able to pick and
configure both.
Alex
