Re: lpr doesn't work under woody
What is weird is that many applications under gnome (netscape, gimp,
staroffice with generic printer etc) are able to print correctly using
"lpr -Plp" while the same command under a terminal/console dies
silently.
Vittorio
Sebastiaan [debian-user] <23/10/01 16:07 +0200>:
> 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
>
>
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