[plug] Printer problem

[Mike Holland]

On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Peter Cooper wrote:

> looked at my printcap file, it looks like:
> 
> lp:\
> 
> 	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> 	:mx#0:\
> 	:sh:\
> 	:lp=/dev/lpi:

Did you cut&paste that? '/dev/lpi' looks weird. Does it exist?
Should be /dev/lp0 or /dev/lp1 normally.

Also, there is nothing there to tell it how to filter the input.
Unix program expect a postscript printer, so you need a filter
to convert it.

> As I am completely ignorant of unix, can someone tell me if there is 

Which unix/linux books do you have?

What went wrong when you tried to use printtol? You will need to specify
a filter compatible with your printer.


Mike Holland <mike at golden.wattle.id.au>            Perth, Australia.
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