Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 17:20:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Jeff Gray <jwg2@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> To: Jeffrey San Diego <j.sandiego@prodigy.net> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cannot print Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004151718530.71998-100000@adsl-63-201-55-220.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net> In-Reply-To: <000a01bfa711$5473efb0$2157fd3f@penguin>
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Did you run lpd as root? Must turn on the print daemon before you can print. lpc is a good friend for seeing what is going on. lpc > lpc status lp lp0 If you are still having problems include a copy of /etc/printcap Jeff On Sat, 15 Apr 2000, Jeffrey San Diego wrote: > I tried to run a test print by doing "lptest | lpr". Then I checked the > print queue by doing lpq. I got this message even with my printer turned on: > > waiting for lp to become ready (offline?) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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