Re: help installing printing-system ...
I solved this problem in the meanwhile !! :-)) a variable was set wrong
during the installation process ....
yours, Richard
Palfalvi Richard wrote:
>
> Hi guys out there!
>
> I need some help on getting started my printer, a CANON-S450-inkjet.
>
> situation:
>
> I want to install a central printer server. the printer server is an old
> 486er-box which is running stable on Debian-2.2r5 as IP-maskserver for
> over one year now. (I have no X and therefore no
> desktop-and-wm-environment installed on it because it doesn't have the
> capacity - 21MBRAM, 500MBdisk)
>
> I want to run CUPS on both the server and the client machine (which runs
> also under Debian-2.2r5 together with the really fine
> printerfilter-system of http://www.turboprint.de system.
>
> the PROBLEM is now:
>
> I cannot get working my printer on the server machine :-(
>
> I installed CUPS, the cups-daemon is running (on both machines already).
> Afterwards I used the tpsetup-command from turboprint to create a new
> /etc/printcap-file.
>
> But it is not possible to print (see the error messages I put to the
> email at the end) - even with a "cat file > /dev/lp0" for example, nor
> with a simple lpr command. lpadmin doesn't work, .....
>
> And of course therefore it is not possible to print there from the
> client machine.
>
> I can access the CUPS-system with my browser through port 631, that's no
> problem, even from the client machine.
>
> HERE ARE SOME OF THE ERROR-MESSAGES on the server when I tried to print:
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# ls -l
> total 18
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 13970 Jan 17 15:45 access_log
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2862 Jan 17 14:52 error_log
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# lpr
> lpr: error - no default destination available.
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# lpr error_log
> lpr: error - no default destination available.
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# lpr -dtp0 error_log
>
> Warning: 'd' format modifier not supported - output may not be correct!
> lpr: error - no default destination available.
>
> then I tried to give the default destination to the system with the
> lpadmin-command (as it is told in the systemadministration-file of CUPS)
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# lpadmin -dtp0
>
> Authentication required for root on localhost...
> UNIX Password:
>
> lpadmin: Destination tp0 does not exist!
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# lpadmin -dlp0
>
> Authentication required for root on localhost...
> UNIX Password:
>
> lpadmin: Destination lp0 does not exist!
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# lpadmin -dlp
>
> Authentication required for root on localhost...
> UNIX Password:
>
> lpadmin: Destination lp does not exist!
>
> ghadames:/var/log/cups# cat /etc/printcap
>
> HERE is the actual printcap-file of the machine:
>
> # /etc/printcap: printer capability database. See printcap(5).
> # You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for
> # your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl and
> # the printcap(5) manual page for further details.
> #Generic dot-matrix printer entry:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
> :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
> :pl#66:\
> :pw#80:\
> :pc#150:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
> # rlp|Remote printer entry:\
> # :lp=:\
> # :rm=remotehost:\
> # :rp=remoteprinter:\
> # :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\
> # :mx#0:\
> # :sh:
> #
> #
> ### BEGIN turboprint
> # Warning: Written by Turboprint - do not edit!
> # use tpsetup to edit printers
> lp|tp0|turbo1|Canon_S450:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/usr/share/turboprint/lib/tpfilter:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1/acct:\
> :la@:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> tp0raw|turbo1raw|Canon_S450raw:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/usr/share/turboprint/lib/tpfilterraw:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw/acct:\
> :la@:mx#0:\
> :tr=:cl:sh:
> #
> #
> ### END turboprint
>
> so, that's it (its a long email, I know, but wanted to put all the
> probably necessary infos in it)
>
> does somebody know, what I have to do?? any help really appreciated,
> yours sincerely Richard #:-|
>
> PS: at least I got once the printer running on the client machine
> together with the older lpd-system and turboprint within 10 minutes, but
> what I need is the solution mentioned above. I also will have to gain
> access to 2 windoof-boxens to the printerserver, but this is another
> story ...
>
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