Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2001 21:05:42 -0800 (PST) From: K Welg <kwelg@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Can't print with lpd Message-ID: <20011031050542.82491.qmail@web20101.mail.yahoo.com>
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I am in the process of setting up FreeBSD 4.4 on a
Windows machine. I have gotten through most of the
basic install okay. However, I am having problems
setting it up to print to my printer.
I went through the process in the FreeBSD handbook for
setting up a printer. However when I do the basic
test:
# lptest 20 5 | lpr
I get:
lpr: lp: unknown printer
I am able to send print directly to /dev/lpt0.
I set up my /etc/printcap file. The active part is:
lp|lpt0|lazer0|Okidata OL610:\r
:sh:\r
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd/lpt0:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
I have set up the spool directory for lpt0 and set the
owner and mod for it:
# ls -l /var/spool/output/lpd
total 1
drwxrwx--- 2 daemon daemon 512 Oct 24 22:22 lpt0
I have modified syslog.conf to log all printer
messages/errors:
#lpr.info
/var/log/lpd-errs
lpr.*
/var/log/lpd-all
These are now showing up in /var/log/lpd-all.
However, all I get is a single line each time lpd
starts up:
Oct 30 22:02:28 ipsvr11 lpd[304]: lpd startup:
logging=0
I have added the line:
lpd_enable="YES"
to /etc/rc.conf.
However, whenever I try lpr, using the default printer
or any of the aliases, I only get the "unknown
printer" message.
I have not been able to find a solution for this and
would appreciate any assistance.
Thanks,
Kwelg
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