Brian,
There are many ways to fix printing problems, this isn't necessarily the
best, it's just what I would do. I'm a newbee too and I don't use Mandrake.
First, you should use a name for the printer that doesn't have any spaces or
special puctuation, something like "lj2p" will work. Next, add a command
like this one to your /home/brian/.bashrc file:
export PRINTER=lj2p
Ralph
On 10/30/02 07pm, Brian & Lori Nordlund wrote:
> 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.