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Date:      Thu, 4 May 2000 12:59:22 +1200
From:      Jonathan Chen <Jonathan.Chen@itouch.co.nz>
To:        Caleb Walker <cwalker@powercomenergy.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Printing on an HP4050TN
Message-ID:  <20000504125922.B606@jonc.itouch.co.nz>
In-Reply-To: <002e01bfb497$801340b0$3201a8c0@iscaleb>; from cwalker@powercomenergy.com on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:35:36PM -0700
References:  <002e01bfb497$801340b0$3201a8c0@iscaleb>

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On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:35:36PM -0700, Caleb Walker wrote:
> This is my printcap file:
> hp|hp1100|hp4050tn:\
>         :sh:\
>         :lp=:\
>         :rm=publichp.powercom:\
>         :rp=lp:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4050tn:\
>         :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
>         :if=/var/local/libexec/psif:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :rs:
> 
> Why does it not work?
> When I print it says:
> lpr: lp: unknown printer

That's cause the default printer is "lp" and you haven't got it
defined in your printcap. Change your first line to:

		lp|hp|hp1100|hp4050tn:\

-- 
Jonathan Chen <jonathan.chen@itouch.co.nz>


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