Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 11:31:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Raistlin, Master of Past and Present" <raistln@ksu.edu> To: dkelly@hiwaay.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: (there wasn't any, but its an HP net printer problem) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.970208112900.11652A-100000@cbs.ksu.ksu.edu> In-Reply-To: <199702080116.TAA14847@nexgen.ampr.org>
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On Fri, 7 Feb 1997 dkelly@hiwaay.net wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am currently running 2.1.6 and am trying to connect to a HP
> > Laserjet 3si over a network. The printer will allow me to telnet in and
> > will print out the text I send to it, but lpq gives a "Queue does not
> > exist", even though it still allows me to queue up the items. This is what
> > I have entered in /etc/printcap:
> >
> > lp|oak|Hewlett Packard Laserjet 3Si:\
> > :lp=/dev/null:rm=myhostname:rp=oak:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak:
>
> Try changing "rp=oak" above to "rp=lp". HP's embedded lpd emulates a host
> with a printer named lp attached. You can still call it oak locally.
>
> --
> David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
> =====================================================================
> The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
> capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
>
>
>
Now I'm getting this error here:
waiting for queue to be enabled on oak.ksu.ksu.edu
Is my setup incorrect, or is it the printer that's the problem? lpc
show's the following:
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
printer idle
I'm not sure why it won't work...
Chris
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