Re: cupsys works, lpr does not

[Shyamal Prasad <shyamal.prasad@sbcglobal.net>]

    "Emma" == Emma Jane Hogbin <emmajane@xtrinsic.com> writes:

    Emma> I've been trying to get my printer working again and it does
    Emma> not want to print pages. I can print a "test page" from cups
    Emma> (through a web browser) but I couldn't print any actual
    Emma> pages because "lpr" didn't want to/couldn't read my
    Emma> /etc/printcap file.

Be sure you've got cupsys-bsd

~$ dpkg -l 'cups*' | grep ^i
ii  cupsys         1.1.14-4.4     Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
ii  cupsys-bsd     1.1.14-4.4     Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD comman
ii  cupsys-client  1.1.14-4.4     Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client pro
ii  cupsys-driver- 4.2.0-4        gimp-print printer driver for CUPS
ii  cupsys-pstoras 1.1.14-4.4     Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - pstoraster

Cheers!
Shyamal