Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 23:29:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: DAcash18@vt.edu (David Abdemoulaie) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Trouble setting up printer Message-ID: <199905060329.XAA10632@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <3730E5B6.3AE9EBDC@vt.edu> from David Abdemoulaie at "May 5, 99 08:43:34 pm"
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David Abdemoulaie wrote, > Hi, I can't set up my printer to work to save my life. I have a Hewlett > Packard Deskjet 670c. I ahve followed the instructions in the FreeBSD > handbook to a 'T'. Every time I give teh command "lptest 20 5 | lpr > -Psnoopy" I get the following error message- > > lpr: connect: No such file or directory > jobs queued, but cannot start daemon. > > I dont know what is going wrong. here is a copy of my /etc/printcap if > this explains anything, even tho I followed the instructions. > > snoopy|line|hp|lp|local line printer|Hewlett Packard DeskJet 670c:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/snoopy:lf=/var/log/snoopy.log:\ > :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple: You might want to try starting the printer daemon before you try sending jobs to it. ;) Just type, # lpd As root and try the same lpr command again after. Edit your /etc/rc.conf to start the lpd daemon at system startup in the future too. -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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