Re: printing from netscape
On Wed, Dec 16, 1998 at 10:10:27AM -0600, Brian Morgan wrote:
> How do you print to a remote printer from netscape? When I click on the
> "print" button, I get a screen with the print command defaulting to "lpd."
> Is there some other place I need to specify which printer in my printcap I
> want to print to? I've got my printcap setup with a couple of different
> printers, named by their host name. If I just click "PRINT" when taking the
> defaults, it gives me an error: "lpd: Fatal error - another print spooler
> is using TCP printer port, possibly lpd process '139'"
>
I think you want the print command to be "lpr". Then if you want
to print to a printer other than the default use "lpr -P PRINTERNAME".
I could be wrong, though. What do you use to print outside of
netscape? If you use "lpr", then I am pretty sure my suggestion
should work
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Jim Crumley |
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