Re: USB printing under kernel 2.4: how?
Quoting Christopher R. Barry (christopher_r_barry@yahoo.com):
>
> --- Thomas Wegner <thomas_wegner@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hello Christopher
> >
> > On 28-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote:
> >
> > > lp0 :\
> > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> > > :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\
> > > :if=/usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter:\
> >
> > > I try to print with the command
> > >
> > > $ lpr test.ps
> > try "lpr -Plp or lpr -Plp0 file"
>
> I tried that also. The docs say that if you don't specify a -Pprinter option
> to lpr, then the default will be the first /etc/printcap entry, which is lp0
> for me.
Which printing package is that?
My observations are that at least the following sequence is obeyed:
. -Pprinter in the command line
. PRINTER environment variable
. lp queuename
In lpr, for example,
. the first paragraph in /etc/printcap
does not have any priority:
lpr: lp: unknown printer
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