apsfilter printcap doesn't work

[the lone gunman <lgunman@sewage.urh.uiuc.edu>]

I removed the magicfilter package from my system, and installed
apsfilter instead.  I have used apsfilter in the past with success on
my slackware system.

However, after I installed it, I cannot print anything.

For instance, if I type "lp file.txt", I get the following message:

no printcap for printer 'ascii'
job 'cfA962localhost' transfer to ascii@localhost failed after 1 attempts

What does this mean, and how do I fix this?

Here is what my /etc/printcap file looks like:

# begin /etc/printcap
ascii|lp1|epson-letter-ascii-mono|epson ascii mono:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-ascii-mono:\
	:lf=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-ascii-mono/log:\
	:af=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-ascii-mono/acct:\
	:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-epson-letter-ascii-mono:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:
#
lp|lp2|epson-letter-auto-mono|epson auto mono:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-auto-mono:\
	:lf=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-auto-mono/log:\
	:af=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
	:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-epson-letter-auto-mono:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:
#
lp3|epson-letter-ascii-color|epson ascii color:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-ascii-color:\
	:lf=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-ascii-color/log:\
	:af=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-ascii-color/acct:\
	:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-epson-letter-ascii-color:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:
#
lp4|epson-letter-auto-color|epson auto color:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-auto-color:\
	:lf=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-auto-color/log:\
	:af=/var/spool/lpd/epson-letter-auto-color/acct:\
	:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-epson-letter-auto-color:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:
#
raw|lp5|epson-letter-raw|epson auto raw:\
	:lp=/dev/lp1:\
	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson-raw:\
	:lf=/var/spool/lpd/epson-raw/log:\
	:af=/var/spool/lpd/epson-raw/acct:\
	:if=/usr/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-epson-letter-raw:\
	:mx#0:\
	:sh:
# end of /etc/printcap

Any hints?

Thanks!


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