Re: local printer ? i dunno
David Erdman <david@erdius.net> writes:
> been having loads of problems getting a printer to work in debian. i keep
> getting this..... i have apsfilter loaded right now (as opposed to
> magicfilter)...and lpr. the printer is an hp 4L laserjet.
> i am using printtool to configure everything. here is the error? i am
> getting. either way this is preventing me from printing.
>
> Oct 3 19:29:10 ganymede lpd[969]: cannot execv /var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter
> Oct 3 19:29:10 ganymede lpd[968]: lp0: job could not be printed
> (cfA000ganymede
>
> here is the printcap....(or lack thereof i guess)
> ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL lj4dith 600x600 letter {} LaserJet4dither Default {}
> lp0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter:
>
> any help is appreciated. (and encouraged)
I would try to apt-get install gs-aladdin gs-fonts, plus the
magicfilter or the very nice cupsys(-bsd) (Common Unix Printing
System). Your printer shouldn't be too hard to set up.
-- Andre
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