Thus spake Jeff: > Adam Majer, 2002-Jan-12 15:59 -0600: > > apt-get install groff > > > > Then you can format to ps... > > > > > > But first try something like > > > > echo "test" > /dev/dsp > > > > Do you still get error with printing? > > If yes, do you have printer compiled > > in the kernel? > > > > - Adam > > I'm confused...I thought /dev/dsp was a sound device. Yes it is. > And yes, the kernel is setup right. I posted the config in my > original post. I sure it's right because this was working not > too long ago. > > I tried: > > echo "test" > /dev/lp0 > > and it printed the word "test". > > I then install groff and tried printing with magicfilter printcap > and it printed "unknown device: pc13". I then changed to the > printcap you suggested earlier and tried to print with lpr and > got nothing to the printer, and lpq showed the job in error. > > thanks for you help...jc If it prints from an echo, you're halfway there. grep for pc13 (that is one-three and not el-three, right?) in your filter file - it is presumably trying to call ghostscript with that device specified, and ghostscript isn't compiled with it. I think unfortunately some devices can only be used with the commercial release of ghostscript, although I could be wrong. It may be as simple as a recompile, or it may involve changing drivers to use a free device. Hope that at least points you in the right direction. Steve -- Look, we play the Star Spangled Banner before every game. You want us to pay income taxes, too? -- Bill Veeck, Chicago White Sox
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