Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 17:08:44 CST From: Graham Wheeler <gram@bradygirl.com> To: Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com>, Graham Wheeler <gram@bradygirl.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: lpd not reading printcap? Message-ID: <E16caQG-000GVX-00@mail.netizen.co.za>
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Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com> wrote : > On 2002.02.18 09:11 Graham Wheeler wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I am having problems getting remote printing to work. I've done this > > many times before successfully, and can't understand why I am now > > having problems. > > > > I have a very simple /etc/printcap file, along the lines of: > > > > lprem:rm=printserv:sh:sf:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs > > > > When I start up lpd, I get two log messages: > > > > lpd: Cannot open /dev/lp: No such file or directory > > > > If I try to print to lprem, using "lp -d lprem", I get a message > > saying the printer is not known. > > > > If I just use lp without a -d argument, the file gets queued, but lpd > > again complains of being unable to open /dev/lp. > > > > If I make a link from /dev/lp to /dev/lpt0, then an lpc status tells > > me that the printer may be offline. > > > > In short, it appears that the /etc/printcap file is being ignored by > > lpd, and it is defaulting to /dev/lp. > > > > I'm running 4.5S, last cvsupped about 2 weeks ago. > > > > Any ideas, anyone? > You are not telling lpd which printer to use at the other end. You > have listed the remote machine but you don't have a rp entry. > > hpljiii|HP LaserJet III:\ > :sh:\ > :rm=ra:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ra:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > :rp=hpljiii:\ > :if=/usr/local/libexec/psif: You're right; I had forgotten that this is needed even if the remote printer is named lp. It's been a while. I used the example for a remote printer given in the default /etc/printcap; it is also missing the rp field so its a poor example. Thanks Gram To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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