RE: printing

["Jeremy Gaddis" <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>]

If it were me, I'd install the "lprng" package,
then install "magicfilter" which will pretty
much set up your printer configuration file
(/etc/printcap).  If it's a fairly standard,
supported printer, magicfilter should have
no problems with it.

j.

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Jeremy L. Gaddis     <jlgaddis@blueriver.net>

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Conder [mailto:jeffconder@home.com]
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 12:05 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: printing


Newbie here...

I've used unix systems for years and am certainly not an expert.
I'm new to Linux and just installed it on my pc. Why can't I print?
There is no lp, lpr command. There is a /dev/lp0 device and
my printer was recognized during installation.
I found documentation that said I needed to install a
package like LPD, but haven't found any packages that
refer to printer in dselect.

I think I'm going down the wrong path with this print
thing.

Any suggestions for getting print capability?

I'm heading to the bookstore tomorrow, then maybe
I can ask more intelligent questions :o

Thanks

Jeff


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