Re: lpr doesn't work under woody
Thanks. I've had a look a CUPS but trying
'apt-get install cups'
gives me a response along the lines that there is no such package.
Has it been debianised ?
Adam Bogacki,
afb3@primus.com.au
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 09:30:22PM -0700 or thereabouts, K. David Prince wrote:
> Try using cups + cupsomatic. It's a complete replacement of lpd, etc. No
> more printcap files and magic filters to worry about. I've installed it
> on more than a dozen woody machines so far. Printers include HP LaserJet
> 4000, HP LaserJet IIISi, HP LaserJet4SiMx, and the good old LaserJet 4m
> machines.
>
> By the way, "Debian Unleashed" is my all time favorite Debian book, but,
> alas, it is quite dated! I sent a note to the publisher and author to see
> if an update will be out soon. I got no answer. Oh, well....
>
> Good Luck,
> Dave
>
> On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Adam Bogacki wrote:
>
> >
> > Yep, I'm having the same problem. I'm running an EPSON Stylus Photo
> > 700 under woody using printtool (which I thought had conflicted with
> > LPRng when I tried to install what 'Debian Unleashed', 2000, described
> > as "Debian's native printing model") ... If it is as simple as changing
> > /dev/lp1 t /dev/lp0 it is worth trying.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Adam Bogacki,
> > afb3@primus.com.au
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:48:34PM -0400 or thereabouts, Stephen Gran wrote:
> > > Thus spake Sebastiaan:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Vittorio wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > While under potato I didn't have any difficulty to make my Epson
> > > > > StylusColor 640 work using lpr and magicfilter, after installing woody
> > > > > from scratch I cannot print any longer.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using -as usual - lpr & magicfilter. I've installed the right
> > > > > filter using magicfilterconfig. To no avail!
> > > > >
> > > > > When I try for instance a "lpr /etc/motd" nothing happens.
> > > > >
> > > > > I've checked the connection with my printer issuing:
> > > > > echo /etc/motd > /dev/lp
> > > > > and the file is printed regularly.
> > > > >
> > > > > What should I check now to make the printer work?
> > > > >
> > > > Check /etc/printcap and try to figure out more with lpc (like 'lpc status
> > > > all') if the file arrives at the spool dir.
> > > >
> > > > Greetz,
> > > > Sebastiaan
> > >
> > > I don't know if this is your problem, but I seem to remeber that when I
> > > upgraded, my printer port changed from /dev/lp1 to /dev/lp0 - again, I
> > > don't know if that was a dist upgrade or a kernel upgrade, but it killed
> > > my printing for a while until I figured it out.
> > > HTH,
> > > Steve
> > >
> > > --
> > > There but for the grace of God, goes God.
> > > -- Winston Churchill, speaking of Sir Stafford Cripps.
> >
> >
> >
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