In RHEL, printing files named with dots (".") get changed to underscores ("_") when sent to a printer via LPD
Issue
- The print file name is being changed, whereever there is a "
.
" it changes it to a "_
". - When printing to an LPD (Line Printer Daemon) printer, underscores ("
_
") appear unexpectedly in the title. - Hyphens (
-
) are getting replaced with underscores (_
) in the printer job name on the CUPS server before the job is sent it to the destination via LPD. - The '
=
' character in the banner page job title is being converted to '_
' character. -
For example, using the command to send a document to a the XEROX1 print server is:
lp -d XEROX1 prt7.d
Once received by the print server, the file name is changed to
prt7_d
. Please help us determine how to keep the dots in the file name. -
We're running a command like:
lpr -P PRN002 -J identifier=IPRAS026 print
but the equals sign (
=
) is being translated into to an underscore (_
).
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Common Unix Printing System
- Printing to a printer via LPD (Line Printer Daemon) protocol
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