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I don't know about why it won't print but I had the same problem with the
single diamond after it finished printing (HP 600C). I used COAS to
configure my printer and it worked just fine (except for the single diamond)

This is what solved the single diamond problem:

    "Look into your /etc/printcap to find out which input filter is called
(:if: field). This will almost certainly beb a shell script. Then look into
that, search for something like
    printf '\004'
after the call to 'gs' and turn it off"
Turn off printf by comment out (# printf '\004') or deleting \004 from
printf ''

The above was contributed by Martin Lottermoser and worked on COL2.3, I hope
it works for you too.

Regards,

Hector (Linux newbie)
hrivera@mpinet.net


cameron bell wrote in message <3879909D.48666D19@ihug.com.au>...
>Using Caldera 2.2,  I added the HP deskjet 690C using COAS but it won't
>print.  After the printer
>initially fires up, the error light blinks in groups of three and if I
>push it the page
>is ejected with a solitory diamond in the top left corner.  What's the
>problem??
>Thanks in advance
>Cameron
>

"H. Rivera" wrote:
> 
> I don't know about why it won't print but I had the same problem with the
> single diamond after it finished printing (HP 600C). I used COAS to
> configure my printer and it worked just fine (except for the single diamond)
> 
> This is what solved the single diamond problem:
> 
>     "Look into your /etc/printcap to find out which input filter is called
> (:if: field). This will almost certainly beb a shell script. Then look into
> that, search for something like
>     printf '\004'
> after the call to 'gs' and turn it off"

This is the same as turning off the "Send EOF to eject page" option
which in COL can be done through the printer settings in COAS a lot
faster than editing your printfilter which will probably be
/var/spool/lpd/lp/printfilter (where lp is the printer name) not
/etc/printcap on COL.

> Turn off printf by comment out (# printf '\004') or deleting \004 from
> printf ''
> 
> The above was contributed by Martin Lottermoser and worked on COL2.3, I hope
> it works for you too.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Hector (Linux newbie)
> hrivera@mpinet.net
> 
> cameron bell wrote in message <3879909D.48666D19@ihug.com.au>...
> >Using Caldera 2.2,  I added the HP deskjet 690C using COAS but it won't
> >print.  After the printer
> >initially fires up, the error light blinks in groups of three and if I
> >push it the page
> >is ejected with a solitory diamond in the top left corner.  What's the
> >problem??
> >Thanks in advance
> >Cameron
> >

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