My printcap specifies three printers: lp|lp1, lp2, and lp3 with spools in /var/spool/lpd/(lp1|lp2|lp3). These are all for the same printer on /dev/lp0, but with different options (draft, normal, best).
While lp1's status is always OK, lp2 and lp3 are always disabled (as follows from `status' files in their spol directories). I can't figure out why. I tried using `lpc' command to `clean', `enable', and `start' the stubborn printers, but to no avail. ,----[ Here's a round of `lpc's ] | tea:/etc# lpc clean lp2 | lp2: | tea:/etc# lpc enable lp2 | lp2: | queuing enabled | tea:/etc# cat /var/spool/lpd/lp2/status | printing disabled | tea:/etc# lpc start lp2 | lp2: | printing enabled | lpc: connect: Connection refused | couldn't start daemon `---- ,----[ FWIW, here's my /etc/printcap ] | lp|lp1|HP Deskjet 697C Draft:\ | :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp1:\ | :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ | :if=/etc/hpdj/hpdj-draft:\ | :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: | | lp2|HP Deskjet 697c Normal:\ | :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp2:\ | :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ | :if=/etc/hpdj/hpdj-normal:\ | :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: | | lp3|HP Deskjet 697c Best:\ | :lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp3:\ | :sh:pw#80:pl#66:px#1440:mx#0:\ | :if=/etc/hpdj/hpdj-best:\ | :af=/var/log/lp-acct:lf=/var/log/lp-errs: `---- Thanks for any ideas!!! -- Arcady Genkin http://www.thpoon.com Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.
