Hello Did you make sure that you have printer support in kernel. Once I had the problem then I recompiled kernel with printer support and everything was fine... Nikhil
On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Tod Detre wrote: > I'm having problems printing. I have a laserjet compatible. I can get it > to work by running gs and having it directly output to /dev/lp1 so I know > the print/port is set up right, but when I try to use lpr I get nothing. > I'm using magicfilter and at this point I'm just trying to get postscript > to work. I've included a copy of my /etc/printcap and the configfile for > magicconfig. > > -- Printcap > > # You can use the filter entries df, tf, cf, gf etc. for > # your own filters. See /etc/filter.ps, /etc/filter.pcl and > # the printcap(5) manual page for further details. > > lp|BIGBOY:\ > :lp=/dev/lp1:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > # :df=/etc/filter.ps:\ > # :tf=/etc/filter.pcl:\ > # :af=/var/log/lp-acct:\ > # :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\ > # :pl#66:\ > # :pw#80:\ > # :pc#150:\ > :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\ > :mx#0:\ > :sh: > > # rlp|Remote printer entry:\ > # :lp=:\ > # :rm=remotehost:\ > # :rp=remoteprinter:\ > # :sd=/var/spool/lpd/remote:\ > # :mx#0:\ > # :sh: > > -- filter > > #! /usr/sbin/magicfilter > default filter /usr/bin/gs -q -dSAFER -sDEVICE=laserjet -dNOPAUSE > -sOUTPUTFILE=- > > > -- > > Tod Detre |"Losers whine about their best, winners go home and @%^& the > | prom queen." -Sean Connery (The Rock) > |"It is TOD not TODD! Do you see God spelling his name > | Godd?" -Me > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]