Given that you're getting output at all, the issue would be with the printer
configuration on kingsnake; assuming kingsnake is also a Linux (or Unix) box,
check its printcap file, specifically the entries for `raw' or `text'.  It
sounds like maybe a wrong filter script is being used.


"Brian Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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> 2.    Having trouble printing using lpr.  I assume I'm doing this right.  I
> type "lpr -Pprintername FILENAME" and I get a cover page, a page DESCRIBING
> the desired file, and then a blank sheet.  When I print from Netscape, it
> either prints hundreds of blank pages, or hundreds of pages with jumbled
> text.  Here's my printcap entry:
> 
> kingsnake|laserjet 4 in computer room
>       :lp=:\
>       :rm=kingsnake
>       :rp=raw
>       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/kingsnake
>       :mx#0
>       :sh

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