On Tue, 21 Apr 1998, Seif Zadeh Hossein wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Apr 1998, Dale E Anglin wrote:
> > Upon installing RH5, I configured my first and only printer with a name
> > other than 'lp' (which matches our other systems in our network).
Let me guess. You named it 'printer' (the default for SCO Unix and most
Sys V derived Unixes).
> > When I invoke some command such as 'ls | lpr', I receive the following message:
> > lpr: lp: unknown printer
>
> All print commands under Unix (in general) default to 'lp'. If you want to
> print on some other printer (either you have more than one or you have
> only one but it is not called 'lp') try using '-Pprintername' command
Or set your PRINTER environment variable, e.g. "export PRINTER=printer".
Or just log in as root, type 'startx', go into the print tool, delete the
printer, and recreate it as 'lp'. Then restart your printer daemon (a menu
option on the print tool).
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