Re: Command line printing
On Wed, 2003-08-27 at 14:38, Wayne Gemmell wrote:
> Hi all
> Now that I've got printing in KDE to work I need to get Openoffice and
> network(Samba) printing to work. Oo seems to need a commandline input and
> this is what I'm starting with and also where my confusion begins.
> A few questions,
> Which package is lp part of?
> Should I use lp or lpr? I seem to have both, whats the difference?
> Are there any suggestions as to a command line entry I can use to print from?
> -->
> I'm using a HP710C printer that is named as such in CUPS.
> The printer prints through the web interface using the reference
> ipp://Wuler:631/printers/HP710 (from the cups error log)
> The driver is pnm2ppa (not hpijs)
>
> lpstat gives the error
> <error>
> lpstat: Unable to connect to server: Connection refused
> </error>
>
> cupsdoprint -P HP710C zzz gives the error
> <error>
> server-error-service-unavailable
> </error>
If the name you gave to your printer is HP710C, then you should be
able to print any random text file by typing
$ lp -d HP710C foobar.txt
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Jefferson, LA USA
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