On 02/20/00 04:14PM, Steve Brown wrote: > I have newly installed slink, have an lp module, and created a > printcap file and spooling directory for my HP540 deskjet. What is > the command to print a file? I have read the printing HOWTO, it > seems there should be an lpr command, or possibly LPRng, but I > don't see any sign of them. Also does someone have a very simple > filter that will work with the base Debian system, just to insert the > carriage returns? >
lpr is in packages LPRng or lpr. It's physical location is /usr/bin/lpr. To get printing set up with LPRng (which is what I'm familiar with), you need to have the following packages installed: lprng magicfilter gs or gs-aladdin (I use gs-aladdin) if you don't have these installed, use apt to resolve dependencies. Once they're installed, run (as root) magicfilterconfig --force to set up a printcap file. I think the hardest part is getting the device right, but you can solve that by trying to print a small text file to them until you get some output: cat smallfile.txt > /dev/lp0, etc. I have an HP printer that has the stairstep effect, but it is solved with this set up. hth -- -------------------------------------------- ) Mark Wagnon ) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ( Chula Vista, CA ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( --------------------------------------------
