[PLUG] Quick Printing Question
Brian & Lori Nordlund
bl.nordlund at verizon.net
Thu Oct 31 03:09:33 UTC 2002
I have never been able to get printing to work. However, I have only been doing SMB / file server and ipchains up until now so it hasn't been an issue. Now I am trying to get a printer to work (Laserjet IIp Plus) so I have been digging into it and have come up short. I am running mandrake 7.2.
I used printtool to try to get things set up. When it didn't work, I tried to use linuxconf but still have not seen it work. Whip me now, I know I shouldn't have tried the easy way out, but here I am.
My spool directory is lpd/lp0. The printer is connected to dev/lp0. However, if I try to print something with "lpr file.txt", it responds with "lpr: lp: unknown printer". Shouldn't it be trying to print to the default printer specified in printcap? As far as I know, my printer is named "Laserjet IIp"
Here is my etc/printcap:
# /etc/printcap
#
# This file was generated by Linuxconf's Printer module
# You may edit this file directly, but only standard printcap entries
# will be preserved.
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet2p 300x300 letter {} LaserJet2p Default {}
Laserjet IIp:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:\
:lp=/dev/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
:sh:
dev/lp0 is a valid device:
[root at dovreguben /etc]# tunelp /dev/lp0
/dev/lp0 using IRQ -1
When I try lpc status, here is what I see:
lpc> status
Laserjet IIp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
Does anyone have any ideas of where to look? It seems like I am close but just missing something.
Thanks,
Brian.
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