From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Nov 11 22:05:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id WAA24946 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 22:05:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id WAA24941 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 22:05:55 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id WAA24459; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 22:05:44 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 22:05:44 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu To: "Brian J. McGovern" cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Printcaps... In-Reply-To: <199611112319.SAA00818@spoon.beta.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 11 Nov 1996, Brian J. McGovern wrote: > Thanks for all the people that helped me getting PS via GS working with my > inkjet. One last problem. I have hosts.equiv set up to let a couple of hosts > use LPR printing to my Unix host. When I print text or postscript from the > local machine, it works fine. When I print from my Windows 3.1 workstation > (again, using LPR, and the printdrivers for the color bubblejet (Cannon BJC > 600), it gives the following error: > > spoon lpd[pid]: lp no filter found in printcap for format character 'v' > > Then it says the job can't be printed, and poof, its gone from the queue. Any > answers? > > Thanks... > -Brian > > > My Printcap looks like: > > lp|Cannon Inkjet:\ > :sh:mx#0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:\ > :lf=/var/log/bjc600.log:\ > :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-cannon:\ > :tf=/usr/local/libexec/tr-cannon:\ > :df=/usr/local/libexec/dvi-cannon: I don't see a v file filter here. Try adding the following: :vf=/bin/cat: I assume you want to just dump the output from Windows directly to the printer with no further work. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major