Re: Printing

[Alvin Oga <aoga@Maggie.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya steve

in the old days.... you could not have comments in
the printcap stanza... try move the #  lines before  lp|epson
and see if helps

c ya
alvin

> "lp0: compatibility mode" & thats it, nothing in any log files, no
> spool file written no printer activity, nothing.
> 
> I've messed about with /etc/printcap (listed below) tried magic
> filters shown  & tried without them ( I know without them the printing
> would be wrong but it's not happening anyway. The magicfilter file
> exists.
> 
> Can't think what else to try.
> 
> 
> # /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.
> 
> lp|epson inkjet:\
>         :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>         :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> #	:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\
> #	:if=/etc/magicfilter/StylusColor-II-IIs@360dpi-filter:\
>         :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\
>         :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
> #        :pl#66:\
> #        :pw#80:\
> #        :pc#150:\
>         :mx#0:\
>         :sh:
> 


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