> Here's the new printcap entry: > > lp|HP Laserjet5L:\ > :[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\ > :[EMAIL PROTECTED]:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj5l:\ > :sh:\ > :pw#80:\ > :pl#60:\ > :px#1440:\ > :mx#0:\ > :if=/etc/magicfilter/ljjet4l-filter:\ > :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ > :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:
Maybe with bq= you don't really need the lp= and can point it to /dev/null? THIS IS JUST A GUESS. This file may be perfect as-is. > ... being a purist, I'd rather not be editing the > stock filters in /etc/magicfilter. As soon as someone else does some > administration or we change > printers it's going to be more of a hassle than I want. > I'd *really* like to solve this in /etc/printcap - people (including me a > year from now) will look there first...not to mention it should work from > there using the "bq=" statement. A very good instinct. Of course, you could always document what you do in the printcap file as comments. My son maintains a Debian system and emails a account on another machine (with file diffs and maybe dpkg -l output) when he makes changes. The mail then becomes a change history and a cookbook for rebuilding the system should disaster (e.g. hard drive crash) strike. I haven't tried bq= and realized this weakness in my response to you. I'll watch this list and (I hope) learn this soon. > When I send a job to the printer w/ the above printcap entry I get this error > message: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: lpr ~chuck/lpr-test > connection to 'localhost' failed - Connection refused > job 'cfA427practical.richnet.net' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > So is this now an issue with /etc/lpd.conf and /etc/lpd.perms? What's > missing? There is a discussion of this very topic today in this mailing group. You could well be right. I'd try to solve the problem by breaking it out, e.g.: - can you ping the remote machine? - can you print to it without a filter (just as a test)? - try modifing /etc/lpd.* - etc. It certainly sounds like a permission problem on the LOCAL machine. Regards - MikeT -- Michael E. Touloumtzis mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ingres Product Development Computer Associates International
