On 11-Dec-2000 Dan Horth opined:
> Hiya - a follow up on my LPR headaches... I have just installed a new
> RH 6.2 based system as we're setting up a new server - and I have
> managed to get this printing absolutely perfectly well as expected.
> So - I'm 100% certain that the problem is to do with the
> configuration of the old servers...
>
> Anyway - I copied the /etc/printcap file from the new server to the
> old one, and the /var/spool/lpr/lp/filter too... and restarted lpd,
> and tried printing again and still no joy. I don't get it - the
> setups appear to be exactly the same on the two servers... but I'm
> still not able to print on the old servers.
>
> Can someone enlighten me as to exactly what packages are required for
> successful printing to a postscript printer via lpr - AFAIK I have
> everything set up right - I'm using these:
>
> lpr-0.50-4
> printtool-3.44-1
> rhs-printfilters-1.63-1
Make sure you have ghostscript-5.50-1 or something similar.
> I'd also love to get a definitive list of which files I need to be
> editing to configure lpd properly...
>
> the only one I'm aware of so far in our setup is:
>
> /etc/printcap
I once had problems with some of the settings in the file
/var/spool/lpd/lp/postscript.cfg that would cause either errors on output
or no output at all. Haven't seen that one for awhile, though.
> hmm... hoping someone can send me some enlightening advice... where
> should I be going from here to get lpr working again?
Are you sure lpd is running? Do the logs show it, does 'ps -C lpd' list
it?
Sorry I don't have the message in front of me, nor a browser, and this
mailer doesn't do URLs too well.
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