From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Oct 21 06:19:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA14907 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:19:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from server1.techinfo.com.au (server1.techinfo.com.au [203.63.149.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA14873 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 06:19:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dominik@dmd.com.au) Received: from polska (ts1-19.techinfo.com.au [203.63.149.38]) by server1.techinfo.com.au (2.5 Build 2639 (Berkeley 8.8.6)/8.8.4) with SMTP id VAA03146 for ; Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:56:53 +1000 From: "Dominik D" To: Subject: Problem with printing Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:59:07 +1000 Message-ID: <01bdfcea$35041a10$00000201@polska> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.71.1712.3 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.71.1712.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I am new to FreeBSD and having problem with using a printer. I have two printers on my computer Epson LQ 2550 on lpt0 and Canon BJ 300 on lpt1, but I can use only one (Epson) and I do not know why. The relevent section of /etc/printcap file is as follow: epson|lp|Epson LQ 2550:\ :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ :lf=/var/log/epson.log:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpfilter: canon|bj|Canon BJ 330:\ :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/canon:\ :lp=/dev/lpt1:\ :lf=/var/log/canon.log:\ :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpfilter: #lpc status before using 'canon' printer: lpc status epson: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries printer idle canon: queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries printer idle #Look up into /var/log/lpd-errs file reads as follow: Oct 20 09:46:07 dmd lpd[111]: restarted #If I use lpr -Pcanon cls.c than nothing happens, however lpq -Pcanon is printing Worning: no daemon present Rank Owner Job Files 1st marek 33 cls.c lpc status queuing is enabled printing is enabled no entries printer idle canon: queuing is enabled printing is enabled 1 entry in spool area printer idle Look up into /var/log/lpd-errs file this time is different Oct 20 13:41:49 dmd lpd[1670]: /dev/lp: No such file or directory Communication between canon printer and lpt1 is OK What can I do to make both printers working? Regards Dominik Dadok To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message