Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 09:17:16 +1100 From: Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com> To: Graham Wheeler <gram@bradygirl.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: lpd not reading printcap? Message-ID: <20020218091716.C929@osiris.sigterm.com> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20020217140408.02a208b0@situs2.netizen.co.za>; from gram@bradygirl.com on Mon, Feb 18, 2002 at 09:11:03 %2B1100 References: <5.1.0.14.0.20020217140408.02a208b0@situs2.netizen.co.za>
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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:
> gram
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