Re: cannot open '/dev/lp0' - 'No such device'

[Frank Barknecht <barknech@ph-cip.uni-koeln.de>]

aphro hat gesagt: // aphro wrote:

> netscape uses the command  'lp' to print..which does not appear to work at
> the command line..when i lp a file ..i get ..:
> 
> [root@aphro ~] lp notes.txt ; lpq
> request id is 638
> Printer: lp@aphro  'HP Deskjet 500'
>  Queue: 1 printable job
>  Server: pid 30639 active
>  Unspooler: pid 30641 active
>  Status: printed all 1666 bytes at 17:21:56
>  Rank   Owner/ID                   Class Job  Files               Size
> Time    
> active  root@aphro+638                A  638 notes.txt          1666
> 17:21:56
> 
> 
> but nothing ever comes out(the printer doesnt do anything)

Are you sure the command is "lp", not "lpr". lp is the name of the printer,
but the command to print from the command line is "lpr". At least I do not
have a command named lp:
$ lp
bash: lp: command not found

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