Trouble with setting up printer
I can't seem to get my printer to print. It has previously worked with
Debian but this is a re-installation (Potato 2.2r3).
I have installed lpr and apsfilter and then ran apsfilterconfig. It is
a bjc4200 and it uses the bjc600 driver. It printed a test page fine
from apsfilter setup program.
I just tried to print from abiword and nothing happens. I also tried
printing to a .ps file and then doing:
cat file.abw.ps | lpr but I get this error:
# cat /home/mark/documents/testfile.abw.ps | lpr
Status Information:
sending job 'root@debian+840' to ascii@localhost
connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1
connected to 'localhost'
requesting printer ascii@localhost
sending control file 'cfA840debian' to ascii@localhost
error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending file 'cfA840debian' to
ascii@localhost
job 'root@debian+840' transfer to ascii@localhost failed
Here is what apsfilter changed my /etc/printcap file to:
-------snip----------------------------------
ascii|lp1|bjc600-a4-ascii-mono|bjc600 ascii mono:\
:lp=/dev/printers/0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-ascii-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp2|bjc600-a4-auto-mono|bjc600 auto mono:\
:lp=/dev/printers/0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-auto-mono:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp3|bjc600-a4-ascii-color|bjc600 ascii color:\
:lp=/dev/printers/0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-ascii-color:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
lp|lp4|bjc600-a4-auto-color|bjc600 auto color:\
:lp=/dev/printers/0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-auto-color:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
#
raw|lp5|bjc600-a4-raw|bjc600 auto raw:\
:lp=/dev/printers/0:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw:\
:lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw/log:\
:af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw/acct:\
:if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-raw:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
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Can anyone help me with this?
Thanks.
Mark.
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