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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:
------------------snip----------------------------

Can anyone help me with this?

Thanks.

Mark.



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