User`s guide

Chapter 4:Using PShop
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or lpr/lp commands. Then they will be able to print to the PShop-supported
printer.
If the users on the remote system(s) will be referencing a vvprint options file (i.e.,
“-ifs” parameter), that file does not need to be accessible for vvprint when
printing. Users should invoke vvlpr to submit the print job so that the contents of
the file can be expanded locally and prepended to their print jobs.
Note that there are some options that may reference a file name that are not
supported unless the file is acccessible to vvprint when printing, even when vvlpr
is used.
Monitoring Print Job Status
You can use the system standard utility, lpstat (lpq on SunOS 4.x and OSF/1), to
monitor your print jobs. Once a print job is finished, the results are stored in
/tmp/<printer_name>.results, or whatever name you specified in the printer
interface script.
On some systems, if any error occurs during printing, the print system will send
you mail. Unfortunately, it can send only the exit code from the interface script
and does not provide any detailed messages about the nature of the error. You can
find out more about the error by looking in the “.results” file noted above. Please
refer to “Appendix D: Troubleshooting” on page 51 for troubleshooting tips.
Default Printing Behavior
When printing a large image using PShop, the default behavior is that PShop will
crop the image to fit the printable area of the output device and medium. To fit
the image onto the page you need to specify either a specific size or to use
scaling="scale to fit" as described in .Appendix A, “vvprint/vvlpr Commands &
Parameters”,