On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 01:08:17AM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 00:54, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:28:38AM -0500, Scott Henson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 23:44, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > > > hp deskjet 710c printer is connected to it on lpt1 (i am using windows >nomenclature) > > > Just a general guess, but: > > > apt-get install magicfilter pnm2ppa > > > > did that. now, although i have lpr installed, i do not have lpr entry in >/etc/init.d! > I dont either. I have an entry for lpd in init.d > > > what to do now? > > > try to print something? > echo "test" | lpr
does nothing! > > failing that did you configure magicfilter? or your printcap file? I > used /sbin/magicfilterconfig and my printer worked like magic(oh no a > pun!!!). sure did that. my /etc/printcap file now looks okay. thanx again sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- BOFH excuse #349: Stray Alpha Particles from memory packaging caused Hard Memory Error on Server. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
