From owner-freebsd-questions Tue May 2 18: 0:10 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (fw2.wilsonandhorton.co.nz [203.99.66.4]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B232737BD2C for ; Tue, 2 May 2000 17:59:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA00916; Thu, 4 May 2000 12:59:22 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Thu, 4 May 2000 12:59:22 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Caleb Walker Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Printing on an HP4050TN Message-ID: <20000504125922.B606@jonc.itouch.co.nz> References: <002e01bfb497$801340b0$3201a8c0@iscaleb> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <002e01bfb497$801340b0$3201a8c0@iscaleb>; from cwalker@powercomenergy.com on Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:35:36PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 05:35:36PM -0700, Caleb Walker wrote: > This is my printcap file: > hp|hp1100|hp4050tn:\ > :sh:\ > :lp=:\ > :rm=publichp.powercom:\ > :rp=lp:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hp4050tn:\ > :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\ > :if=/var/local/libexec/psif:\ > :mx#0:\ > :rs: > > Why does it not work? > When I print it says: > lpr: lp: unknown printer That's cause the default printer is "lp" and you haven't got it defined in your printcap. Change your first line to: lp|hp|hp1100|hp4050tn:\ -- Jonathan Chen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message