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4. _K_n_o_w_n__P_r_o_b_l_e_m_s__a_n_d__W_o_r_k_a_r_o_u_n_d_s
Known problem with the product and ways to work around them.
+o The Printer Manager is not able to determine if a user
is a "privileged" user and always prompt for a root
password when adding or deleting a printer. Exceptions
are if the Printer Manager is run by the root user or
if there is no root password for the system.
+o The Printer Manager does not accept control characters
in the password field when it prompts for a password.
+o When printing using the bsd print sub system a print
clients hostname is limited to 32 bytes.
+o When _m_a_n -_t is used to print a man page and the print
server is running Impressario 1.2 the following message
will be logged in /var/spool/lp/log: _U_n_k_n_o_w_n _c_o_m_m_a_n_d
_l_i_n_e _o_p_t_i_o_n :: -_m_a_n_p_a_g_e. The man page will still be
printed. Impressario 2.0 (and higher) supports the
-manpage option.
+o The _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l (_g_l_p) program accepts filenames that
begin with a '$' sign. Typically these filenames
reference environment variables (e.g. $HOME/foo).
However, if a filename is specified that begins with a
'$' and does not have a directory component (e.g. $foo)
and there is no file or environment variable
corresponding to the filename and the program was
launched from a shell window, the _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l program
will hang. The same is true of filenames beginning with
the '#' character. Note that this only effects
_P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l programs launched from a shell window and
not from the File Manager or desktop. The occurrence of
these types of filenames is rare and the need to print
such files is even more rare. There are two
workarounds. First, if you are printing a filename
that begins with '$' or '#', escape the character
(.e.g. $foo should be specified as \$foo). The second
workaround concerns dealing with a hung _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l. If
the program hangs you can simply kill it from the shell
in which it was invoked.
+o If two _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l programs request a printer specific
options panel for the same printer at the same time, it
is possible for one options panel to appear over one
_P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l while being managed by the other _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l.
The effect of this is that when one _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l is
iconified, the options panel for the other _P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l
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is removed from the screen and vice versa. This problem
does not effect the setting of printer specific
options.
+o The busy cursor may not return to normal after a
printer specific options panel is displayed by the
_P_r_i_n_t_P_a_n_e_l program or the _P_r_i_n_t_e_r _M_a_n_a_g_e_r. This does
not effect the operation of the options panel. The
problem exists only with the options panels provided by
certain third party printer products.