Re: Printer Troubles
> I was actually going to check the message archive this time, but I'm
> sitting here at a Netscape status bar telling me "Connect: Contacting
> Host www.debian.org..." endlessly.
>
> Anyway, I can't even get my printer to print a simple text file. It is
> a Panasonic KX-P4430. I checked the basic stuff like making sure it was
> online and that the cables were properly connected. I have installed
> GhostScript, magicfilter, and lpr.
>
>
> If it matters, here is my /etc/printcap:
>
> lp|ps4430|Panasonic KX-P4430:\
> :lp=/dev/lp:sd=/var/spool/lpd/ps4430:\
> :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\
> :if=/etc/magicfilter/ps400-filter:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Do you really have a /dev/lp device?
My parallel port printer uses /dev/lp1.
Here are my file values (ls -l)
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Oct 12 1997 /dev/lp0
crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 1 Oct 12 1997 /dev/lp1
Perhaps you have a link,
ln -s /dev/lp1 /dev/lp
If you change /etc/printcap by hand, leave no space after any entries
and perhaps all those lines beginning with tabs should remain tabs.
Rather than change /etc/printcap by hand, you can easily replace it
by running
/usr/sbin/magicfilterconfig --force
>
>
> Here are the messages I received trying to print a simple text file that
> just says testing inside of it:
>
> bash-2.01$ lpr test
> lpr: connect: Connection refused
> jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
> bash-2.01$ lpq
> waiting for lp to become ready (off-line ?)
> Rank Owner Job Files Total Size
> 1st root 0 test 4 bytes
> 2nd root 1 test 4 bytes
> 3rd root 2 test 4 bytes
> 4th root 3 test 7 bytes
> 5th jason 4 test 7 bytes
> 6th jason 6 test 7 bytes
> 7th jason 7 test 7 bytes
> bash-2.01$
>
>
> I think I have included all the info that I should...
>
By the way, when I upgraded from hamm to slink,
I still had a printcap referring to
/usr/sbin/ps600-filter
even though magicfilter now puts this in
/etc/magicfilter/ps600-filter
I hope some filesystem standard is being followed.
An installation warning would help.
My slink upgrade produced the following benign message,
You already have an /etc/printcap file installed.
I assume that it is already correctly configured
This doesn't affect your problem above.
--
Jim Burt, NJ9L, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
jameson@mnsinc.com http://www.mnsinc.com/jameson
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