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Date:	Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:12:53 PST7
From:	"Benedict G. Archer" <bgarcher@gte.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: lprportd question

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Sheridan George wrote:

> "Benedict G. Archer" wrote:
> > "Benedict G. Archer" wrote:
>
> > I've installed the latest printer driver from Lexmark, but the problem
> > remains. A W98 machine on the same LAN doesn't have the problem. I'm
> > now suspecting the problem is caused by the way I have the LAN
> > configured. DSL to a Linksys BEFSR41 (firewall and DHCP server) with a
> > SMC7004ABR connected through one of its ports to the Linksys (not using
> > the SMC WAN port), and the printer connected to the SMC. Connected this
> > way I can't access the SMC firmware from any of the clients, but it
>
> I have a similar set up. SMC7004BR as my cable firewall and an SMC7004ABR as a print server.
>
> If you are using netscape as the browser to log into the ABR you must append ":88" to the IP address.

That doesn't work here as connected, but it does if I connect the SMC to
a PC directly.

> It is a bug in Netscape per SMC.

> I have yet to locate the source of the extra page. Sometimes there are two extra pages one with my
> name on it (probably the name I used on one of my computers).

I have only gotten one page, and it's always the same error message with
nothing else.

> FWIW, my ABR is connected to an HP 855C in another room by a Macintosh. Since this happens on my HP
> and your Optra 40 it seems to not be a printer or driver problem. I'm starting to suspect the ABR
> instead but I can find no switches in its setup to change. Since I get a sheet with what I think is a
> computer name, it might be a "feature" SMC put in the software so multiple print jobs can be seperated
> after printing.
>
> I plan to do more testing when school is out for spring Break. One of the tests I plan do is send
> some short print jobs and use iptrace to see what happens. If I can decipher the trace well enough,

I had already tried that experiment. iptrace shows packets being sent,
but I don't know how to tellwhat is being sent. The extra page doesn't
happen when printing from W98 so OS/2 is either sending the extra page
or sending something that causes the SMC to print the extra page that
W98 isn't sending.

> maybe I can determine if the computer is sending the extra page or not. If it is the SMCs then only
> SMC can help us find a way to stop it.
>
> I would prefer to have the ABR as my firewall/main print server mainly because one can set the LAN
> side DHCP server on it to keep the addresses it serves up to stay in effect forever. The print server
> connected to my Xerox C20 gets a DHCP address. Although the address it was served hasn't changed in 4
> months, one of these days it might then I'll have to twiddle the IP address in the printer icon.
>
> Sheridan

Sheridan, thanks for your response, and Peter's too. I plan to contact
SMC too, but wanted to rule out other possibilities first. The port
properties view has several options and I've tried several combinations
with no change in behavior. One of the windows in the port properties
view provides for "additional control cards". Looking into control
cards, I found that they contain single letter commands with a following
parameter, e.g., a file name. One of the commands is a "p", and the
extra sheet I get has "unknown command p" in the error message. I
haven't searched yet, but I don't know of anything like this in W98. I
can't find anything in the driver page that has any effect either.

One day we'll understand,
Ben A.

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