Printing issues from Linux to windows

karunya

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We just upgraded to create Transform. We are finding some printing issues. Our batch servers are on linux machines. While the CF server is a win 2008 r2 machine.

. We have setup a printer in work with printers application. Following are the settings.

Printer name: CfpEmail.
DPDL: *JDE PDF

We chose Custom option as *JDE PDF.

In the advanced section(Printers - Work with conversion programs)
*JDE PDF parameter string is set to -s POSTSCRIPT_PRINTER

2. We select a PDF from our batch server(which is linux based) and hit Print. Default printer is setup as cfpEmail and printer is on Windows 2008 r2 machine.

Conversion program suppose to send a PDF. Instead it is sending a PS file. This happens in ERP 9 environment. If we do the same process in ERP 8 Environment, it works just fine. Our batch servers in ERP 8 are on windows though.

So we are trying to figure out why the conversion program sending a PS file instead of PDF file.

Am I missing something?

Thanks for your time
K
 
It may not be the JDE printer setup.

Assuming the JDE printers are setup identically in both ERP8 and ERP9:

You have setup a print queue on the Linux Enterprise server correct?

JDE will send the job first to the Linux Print queue and then to the Win printer.

What is the printer model chosen on the Linux Print queue?
(similar to a win printer driver)

It is possible the Linux Print Queue is converting the job to PS.

Can you pause the Linux Print Queue > Send the job from JDE > and then display the job in the Linux Print queue to see whether its PDF or PS?

If its PDF, let the job pass through the linux print queue and trap it in the win printer.
(Pause CfpEmail win printer on the Win 2008 Server)

Is the job then PS?
(View the .spl file in the windows printer directory (\WINDOWS\system32\spool\PRINTERS)

If so, then the Linux Print queue is causing this.
- Change model on Linux Print queue to something (like Generic) that doesnt do any translation.

If not, then the problem IS in the JDE Printer setup.

Mark
 
Thank you for your suggestion.

**It is possible the Linux Print Queue is converting the job to PS** This is what exactly changing. I changed the driver to Local Raw and it works.

Thank you
 
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