Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:36:43 -0700 From: Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> To: Daniel Marsh <daniel@stiw.org> Cc: questions freebsd <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: printing problems with CUPS on localhost server Message-ID: <42F2441B.1020908@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <op.suyl9db0jjurwa@spock.enterprise.prvt> References: <42F16BAE.7040600@shaw.ca> <op.suyl9db0jjurwa@spock.enterprise.prvt>
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--Boundary_(ID_yPZHAVvdHiBgVW6MrYf0BA) Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Hi Daniel: As indicated, I have tried to create links that will redirect to the new lpr placed in /usr/local/bin I did not redirect anything to /usr/local/sbin. My changes were: mv /usr/bin/lp /usr/bin/lp.bak mv /usr/bin/lpr /usr/bin/lpr.bak ln -s /usr/local/bin/lp /usr/bin/lp ln -s /usr/local/bin/lpr /usr/bin/lpr" Thanks, Graham/ Daniel Marsh wrote: > On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 09:13:18 +0800, Graham North <northg@shaw.ca> wrote: > >> I just set up my FreeBSD box to act as a printserver. I used CUPs and >> Samba following great directions found here: >> http://www.ajl-tech.com/index2.php?option=content&do_pdf=1&id=16 >> >> The printserver works very nicely printing jobs from my WinXP client to >> an hp4l printer attached to Freebsd, however it will not print files >> from itself using lpr. >> >> A bit of hunting found some "gotchas" at: >> http://home.nyc.rr.com/computertaijutsu/cups.html ... and so I tried >> adding symbolic links for the lp and lpr commands as per the author's >> recommendations - see bottom of email. >> >> The problem still exists however, now instead of getting error messages, >> if I issue a "lpr filename" command, my printer gives a quick blink, no >> errror messages are generated, but neither is printer output - nada! >> >> Repeat - Samba and Cups work together fine on this elderly hp4l - print >> all sorts from Windows. Just cannot access from the server itself. >> I am sure that this is a simple configuration issue somewhere - >> >> my printcap definition, ie: hp4l|lp|hp4l:rm=192.168.0.102:rp=hp4l: >> ps. This was auto-generated from CUPs and oirignally was >> "hp4l|hp4l:rm=192.168.0.102:rp=hp4l:" >> (I later inserted the lp myself as CUPS does not, either way it doesn't >> work.) >> >> Can anyone please point me straight on this? >> Thanks, Graham/ > > > Are you using the lpr that was installed with FreeBSD as part of the > base or the lpr supplier by the cups-lpr package? > > FreeBSD base lpr is in /usr/bin|/usr/sbin and the cups-lpr is in > /usr/local/bin|/usr/local/sbin... > > -- Kindness can be infectious - try it. Graham North Vancouver, BC www.soleado.ca --Boundary_(ID_yPZHAVvdHiBgVW6MrYf0BA) Content-type: text/plain; x-avg=cert; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline Content-description: "AVG certification" No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.0/63 - Release Date: 8/3/2005 --Boundary_(ID_yPZHAVvdHiBgVW6MrYf0BA)--
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