txt printing problem (specific to Tekki version)

[pjaouen]

I have a problem with a POS printer (see sql-ledger forum)
In fact, printing an invoice txt file pos_invoice.txt or invoice.txt on the POS printer or Laser Printer gives an Error!
| lpr -PPrinter : Permission denied (it is not a permission problem : both printers print correctly Postscript in sql-ledger and txt files with command)

The new fact : I have 2 test versions of sql-ledger (Tekki and DWS) on another new computer SuSE 15.2 : txt printing is OK on the DWS version and not on the Tekki (but Tekki works with Unicode utf8 !)

[Tekki]

Is this the same printer that you use for PDFs and it works with them, but with TXT is doesn't?

[pjaouen]

Yes on both POSprinter and Laserprinter : it is OK with pdf and not with txt (but OK with the DWS version!)

[Tekki]

I see, things are very wrong around Form.pm 772. But I have some difficulties to reproduce the complete error because I don't have a running CUPS installation anywhere. Can you do the following: Replace lines 771 - 778 in SL/Form.pm with

  if (my $out = $self->{OUT}) {
    my $mode = '>';
    if ($out =~ /^\|/) {
      $out =~ s/^\|\s*//;
      $mode = '|-';
    }
    open(OUT, "$mode:utf8", $out) or $self->error("$out : $!");
  } else {
    open(OUT, ">-") or $self->error("STDOUT : $!");

    $self->header;
  }

and then report back if this change allows printing of TXT files without affecting the PDFs?

[pjaouen]

Hello,
it is OK now ; no problem with different printings. Thanks

Another problem
Do you have an invoice.tex running with more than 1 copy ?

For a few years I have an error with latex in case of 2 or more copies;
but the usable files .dvi and .ps are in the user dir (with Tekki or DWS
versions)
my invoice.tex template was OK many years ago

[Tekki]

Thanks for the feedback, I'll publish a new version in the next days.

I'll take a note about printing of copies.