gerg@panix.com (Greg Andrews) wrote in message news:<bjo1ck$2u1$1@reader2.panix.com>...
> trevor_obba@yahoo.co.uk (trevor) writes:
> >printers.conf
> >entry is:
> >
> >SNY_IT5000-2:\
> >:bsdaddr=10.10.21.17,10.10.21.17:\
> >:description=SNY_IT5000-2:
> >
>
> This is because Solaris has been configured to think the
> device at 10.10.21.17 is the print server for the printer.
> The print server is the thing that repeatedly sends the
> file to the printer to produce multiple copies.
>
> The problem is, the device at 10.10.21.17 is the LPD emulator
> in your printer's Jetdirect card/box. Jetdirect LPD emulators
> do not support the protocol's feature for printing multiple copies.
>
> What you need to do instead is configure your Solaris machine to
> be its own print server for the printer, so the Solaris interface
> script will send the multiple copies to the printer:
>
> lpadmin -x SNY_IT5000-2
>
> lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -v /dev/null -m netstandard
> lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -T unknown -I any
> lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -o protocol=tcp -o dest=10.10.21.17:9100
> /usr/bin/enable SNY_IT5000-2
> /usr/sbin/accept SNY_IT5000-2
>
> The "-I any" option uses an uppercase i as the option letter, not
> a lowercase L. Some newsreaders use fonts that make it hard to
> tell the difference.
>
> If you have Solaris 8 or later, with current lp patches, and you
> don't want Solaris to print a banner page, type this command
> after the others:
>
> lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -o banner=never
>
>
> -Greg

Thanks Greg

your suggestions worked, printer now printing multple copies but I can
not print banners, I tried to enable banners by issuing

lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -o banner=always

But printer is still not banner page, when the above command was
issued. the /etc/lp/printers/SNY_IT5000-2/configuration file shows
banner is enabled,

Here is my /etc/lp/printers/SNY_IT5000-2/configuration file

Banner: on
Content types: simple
Device: /dev/null
Interface: /usr/lib/lp/model/netstandard
Printer type: unknown
Modules:
Options: protocol=tcp,dest=206.74.67.42:9100


Banner is enable on the physical printer.
I telnet on printer and make sure banner is enabled but still can't
print banner when jobs are sent to printer, However I could print
banners from other print server printing to the same printer with the
same printer configurations.

I issued the the following command again

lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -o protocol=tcp,dest=206.74.67.42 -o banner -v
/dev/null
lpadmin -p SNY_IT5000-2 -o banner=always

But printer still not printing banner page.

Other print server's print banner pages when print jobs are sent to
the same printer from a similar sun solaris 8 machine with the same LP
patch (patch 109320-06 ) and the same print configuration.

Can you help? please

Thanks again