IBM eServer Xeon - suitable for D3/Linux ?

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Our problem is that when printing to dot matrix printers using CUPS you
need to use a RAW queue. The raw queue does not provide any way of
sending a FF at the end of the job.

The result is that the printjob stops on the line it finished and the next
job starts on the next line.

I know in D3 that you can have it send a FF with the job, but these
printers are also used for unix jobs and if a unix job is printed before
the D3 job - it starts on the same page.

If you dont use the RAW queue then CUPS fiddles with the output (doing
some PS conversion) and the job ends up printing in graphics mode, or
using a different line spacing/pitch.

On LPRng configuration was simple. We would configure the printer as a
text-only printer and add a FF, but this is not available on CUPS.

Matt

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005, it was written:

Quote:

Hi Matt,
We are using RHEL EL 3 which is also uses CUPS. We have 2 Panasonic
dot matrix/line printers attached via SaMBa and they never skip a beat!

To make your life easier use either printtool (X windows) or printconf
(console). [Personally, i prefer printconf]

p.s. there is an lpr front end to CUPS (the lpr command) that accepts the
same arguments, e.g. echo Testing 123|lpr -P lp0

Regards,

John.

"Matt Hyne" <matt (AT) hyne (DOT) com> wrote in message
news:Pine.LNX.4.60.0509301525380.31616 (AT) seema (DOT) hyne.com...

One thing I know that is going to give us a lot of pain in RHEL is using
D3 with CUPS and dot matrix printers.

We had so many problems with CUPS and Redhat 9.0 that we switched back
over to LPRng where everything run nicely (RH provided a switching tool
with RH9 to switch between cups and LPRng).

Unfortunately with RHEL we can't switch to LPRng any more as it is no
longer supported/supplied. I wasted weeks trying to sort out CUPS in RH9
and I dread trying to do it again on RHEL.

CUPS might be nice for laser printers - but it is hell for line printers.

Matt

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005, Tony Gravagno wrote:

Xeon should be fine but check with RD anyway to get their okee dokee.
Before loading the OS, look around for driver issues for your other
hardware, like SCSI Controller, support for ATA, support for your
NICs, whatever.

CentOS is fine but "officially" if RD wants to, they can decline you
support. I've been using CentOS for quite a long time now (preferable
IMO to WhiteBox Linux) and it's functionally equivalent because it
_is_ the same base code for our purposes. I've never had a single
OS-specific error.

Be sure to run CentOS 4. That said, I have not run D3 on CentOS4
myself (I'm running 3.5) so I can't say with full certaintly that all
will be OK, but I'd put some money on it.

You may do well to use something like vmWare or MS Virtual PC to load
D3 on the OS/version of choice, spin it around a few times, and if it
holds up then you can repeat the exercise on real hardware.

HTH
T

Matt Hyne wrote:
We are looking at buying an IBM eServer (x336) with an Intel Xeon
processor.

I am considering running Centos and D3/Linux 7.4.2. Anyone see any
issues
with this combination ? I know Centos isn't a RD certified OS, but it
is
essentually RHEL and a LOT cheaper (free).

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