Without knowing better, I installed printtool and the required packages
(lpr-ppd, printfilters-ppd, ...).
printtool didn't detect my printer at the parallel port (but it is there,
the required 'alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc' is in modules.conf and
copying a text file to /dev/lp0 prints it. Nevertheless, I found my
printer (Epson Stylus Color 740) in the list and installed it.
The resulting /etc/printcap file is
##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL uniprint 720x1440 a4 {} EpsonStylusColor740 Default {}
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/usr/lib/printfilters/master-filter:\
:PAPERSIZE=a4:\
:DESIRED_TO=ps:\
:PRINTER_TYPE=LOCAL:\
:ASCII_TO_PS=YES:\
:GSDEVICE=uniprint:\
:RESOLUTION=720x1440:\
:PS_SEND_EOF=NO:\
:NUP=1:\
:RTLFTMAR=18:\
:TOPBOTMAR=18:\
:TEXT_SEND_EOF=NO:
Now even printing a simple text file doesn't work!
'lpr mytext.txt'
only results in an email to me:
Could not find requested printer:
Could not find requested printer:
Could not find requested printer:
Could not find requested printer:
No way to print this type of input file: ASCII text
The print job is not stuck in the queue. 'lpq' responds with 'no entries'.
'lpc status' says:
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
no daemon present
but lpd _is_ running. 'ps -C lpd' prints:
PID TTY TIME CMD
394 ? 00:00:00 lpd
Am I missing something fundamental, or lpd simply doesn't work?
I found the same complaint on the web, but no solution.
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