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Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 17:50:01 -0600 (CST)
From: Jay Nelson <jdn@qiv.com>
To: Geoffrey Robinson <grobin@accessv.com>
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Subject: Re: Can't get lpr working.
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Does the directory /var/spool/lpd/prn exist? What is the purpose of
the if-simple filter?

-- Jay

On Sun, 23 Nov 1997, Geoffrey Robinson wrote:

    > Hi, I've just finished setting up lpr for the first time and I can't get
    > it to work. When I enter the test line 
    > 
    >    lptest 20 5 | lpr -Pprn 
    > 
    > I get the error message
    >  
    >    lpr: connect: No such file or directory
    >    jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
    > 
    > I know my printer is set up correctly because I can print things
    > manually by re-directing output to /dev/lpt0.
    > 
    > I'm not sure if this error is caused by something that I entered wrong
    > in /etc/printcap or something not set up right in my kernel, I'm pretty
    > new to Unix right now. 
    > 
    > My setup files are as follows
    > 
    > #
    > # /etc/printcap
    > #
    > prn|lp|EPSON LQ-570+ ESC/P2:\
    >    :sh:sd=/var/spool/lpd/prn:\
    >    :lp=/dev/lpt0:\
    >    :if=/usr/local/libexec/if-simple:
    > ^D
    > 
    > 
    > #!/bin/sh
    > #
    > #/usr/local/libexec/if-simple
    > #
    > /bin/cat && exit 0
    > exit 2
    > ^D
    > 
    > if-simple is set as 555
    > 
    > I'm using a custom kernel but I tested it on the GENERIC kernel as well
    > so I don't think its something I messed up in there. Any Ideas?
    > 
    > Thanks in advance for any help that you can give me.
    > 
    > -- 
    > Geoffrey Robinson
    > grobin@accessv.com
    > Oakville, Ontario, Canada.
    >