Re: lpd doesn't work

[Frank Hrebabetzky <frankh@terra.com.br>]

For short: still not able to print.

In detail:

  Deinstalled lpr

  Installed/configured lprng (with dselect)
    "/etc/lprng/lpd.conf: No such file or directory"
  Deinstalled lprng
  Created an empty text file /etc/lprng/lpd.conf

  Installed/configured lprng (with dselect)
    "/etc/lprng/lpd.perms: No such file or directory"
  Deinstalled lprng
  Created an empty text file /etc/lprng/lpd.conf

  Installed/configured lprng (with dselect)

  Installed/configured magicfilter (with dselect)
    "run magicfilterconfig"
  Executed magicfilterconfig
    "The following filters are available in /etc/magicfilter:"
    <nothing>
    /etc/magicfilter is indeed empty
    "... you have to install the newly generated /var/tmp/printcap by
    hand: ..."
  /etc/init.d/lpr stop || /etc/init.d/lprng stop
    "bash: /etc/init.d/lpr: No such file or directory:
  ...
  /etc/init.d/lpr start || /etc/init.d/lprng start
    "bash: /etc/init.d/lpr: No such file or directory:

I must confess that I am confused. I thought lpr is part of lprng which is
installed. I bought an Epson printer because I thought this is the best
known brand.  Nevertheless, I haven't been spending hours but days, just
to install a printer, and it still doesn't work. Is this common in Debian
or am I missing something fundamental?

I hope you guys don't run out of hints and that one day in the not too far
future I will be able to print (sigh!).

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