Re: configuration of a printer

1999-09-29 Thread Manuel Arenaz Silva
Hello, I have already solved my problem. My problem came from the fact that I created the /etc/printcap properly (for example, using "magicfilter") but I didn't know that, in order to use the new configuration, I had to make the lpd daemon re-read the printcap file. This can be done by executing t

Re: configuration of a printer

1999-09-25 Thread Andreas Piesk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- on Thu, 23 Sep 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > > At first sight everything looks OK: the /dev files, the printcat file... > > cambados:~# ls -lisa /dev/lp* > 9409650 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp0 > 9409660 crw-rw

Re: configuration of a printer

1999-09-24 Thread Jean-Yves BARBIER
On Thu, Sep 23, 1999 at 09:46:08PM +0200, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > cambados:~# ls -lisa /dev/lp* > 9409650 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 0 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp0 > 9409660 crw-rw 1 root lp 6, 1 Feb 23 1999 /dev/lp1 > 9409670 crw-rw 1 root l

Re: configuration of a printer

1999-09-23 Thread Manuel Arenaz Silva
Andreas Piesk wrote: > > are you sure about the /dev/lp1 ? the first lpt is lp0. > > what are the permissions of /etc/printcap ? readable by everyone ? > the printcap itself seems to be ok. > At first sight everything looks OK: the /dev files, the printcat file... cambados:~# ls -lisa /dev/lp*

Re: configuration of a printer

1999-09-22 Thread Andreas Piesk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- on Wed, 22 Sep 1999, Manuel Arenaz Silva wrote: > Hello, > > I want to install an Epson Stylus Color 850 printer directly attached to > my machine (local printer). I have been looking at the > Printing-HOWTO-6.html that comes with the default installation of Linu