Re: Printing Problem

[Antal Ritter <antal@cs11.dunapack.hu>]

Hi,

On Tue, Sep 29, 1998 at 10:23:50PM +1000, Shao Ying Zhang wrote:
> 
> OK! Here is an update on my system with regards to my printing problem:
> 
> bash-2.01$ dpkg --list | grep lprng
> ii  lprng           3.4.2-5        lpr/lpd printer spooling system
> ii  lprng-doc       3.4.1-3        lpr/lpd printer spooli

I had a similar problem yesterday. It seems to me that lprng is 
realy quite compatible with the old lpr, except that it cannot 
read the printcap file... Magicfilter generates a printcap file 
that is good for lpr, but not for lprng. I re-installed lpr and 
now I can print.

HTH,
							Antal