Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:17:16 +1100 From: Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@bradygirl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd not reading printcap? Message-ID: <20020218091716.C929@osiris.sigterm.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020217140408.02a208b0@situs2.netizen.co.za>; from gram@bradygirl.com on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:11:03 %2B1100 References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020217140408.02a208b0@situs2.netizen.co.za>
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On 2002.02.18 09:11 Graham Wheeler wrote: > Hi all > > I am having problems getting remote printing to work. I've done this > many times before successfully, and can't understand why I am now > having problems. > > I have a very simple /etc/printcap file, along the lines of: > > lprem:rm=printserv:sh:sf:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs > > When I start up lpd, I get two log messages: > > lpd: Cannot open /dev/lp: No such file or directory > > If I try to print to lprem, using "lp -d lprem", I get a message > saying the printer is not known. > > If I just use lp without a -d argument, the file gets queued, but lpd > again complains of being unable to open /dev/lp. > > If I make a link from /dev/lp to /dev/lpt0, then an lpc status tells > me that the printer may be offline. > > In short, it appears that the /etc/printcap file is being ignored by > lpd, and it is defaulting to /dev/lp. > > I'm running 4.5S, last cvsupped about 2 weeks ago. > > Any ideas, anyone? You are not telling lpd which printer to use at the other end. You have listed the remote machine but you don't have a rp entry. hpljiii|HP LaserJet III:\ :sh:\ :rm=ra:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ra:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ :rp=hpljiii:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif: > gram > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Stuart Tanner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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