-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- on Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > Hello, > > I want to install an Epson Stylus Color 850 printer directly attached to > my machine (local printer). I have been looking at the > Printing-HOWTO-6.html that comes with the default installation of Linux > Debian 2.1 (slink). > > After reading the introduction, I have tried to print an ascii text to > the printer but the systems gives me the following error: > > no printcap for printer 'epson' > job 'cfA886cambados.des.fi.udc.es' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > Despite the previous message, I have confiugred an /etc/printcap entry > > epson:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/epson:\ > :mx#0:\ > :lp=/dev/lp1:\ > :sh: > > and I have also created the corresponding spool directory: > > 1058853 1 drwxr-sr-x 2 root lp 1024 Sep 22 20:42 > /var/spool/lpd/epson > > What about the "lpd" daemon? The output of the command "ps aux | grep > lpd" is: > > lp 161 0.0 0.6 1500 800 ? S 13:23 0:00 lpd MAIN > > So I suppose that the daemon is correctly installed and initialized. Is > that correct? Maybe that the error comes from the initialization of > "lpd"? > > I have tried to configure this printer several times but I have always > obtained the same result. I have also studied the questions and answers > about printer configuration that appear in the list, but even though I > have not been able to find the error. > > I hope you can help me. > > Thanks, > > Manuel Arenaz > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
hiho, are you sure about the /dev/lp1 ? the first lpt is lp0. what are the permissions of /etc/printcap ? readable by everyone ? the printcap itself seems to be ok. ciao -ap ___________________________________________________________________ Andreas Piesk [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp fingerprint: 23CB A7E2 2E53 373C DBCD 8EFC 7777 61C1 ___________________________________________________________________ What goes up, must come down. Ask any system administrator. ___________________________________________________________________ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: haIssk4UqdjPUrgMXwGjzsK2iDJWhVGV iQEVAwUBN+k0smFk4I9f3qPhAQFv0wf/b0QfpIaN0qrzXaj4zIGBmweAvPhGvwCB aBUKm7L2h8v22qnT4DRHE4UPHHN1Hndpge8LwRFa+IqLChDSrmX3klCuat5tsfxj ah2lSTunppekteh6vWp2SSdvGLzp5EqzKhfQw8XAZQMqwWhrjQ3mEU9ImaeK8OIs 8qK+dP1tUECKJCkXnNmoAQqWDo8zGgGWw76lHYrm1QGzfAK67niELrrIbdwBqD7W ECpa17c77b52X9Aof5WQ1Gtb2JmxSSU06Em9QTw14r82Tag+7NtYByl+LXZ4bIMd McNtV6Oq3TcoMx1XFptkDgz0+l9fzdPCsrru1kY1n1XxUSFm7f/pkQ== =8lIh -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
