Quoting Oliver Elphick (olly@lfix.co.uk): > "S.Salman Ahmed" wrote: > >>>>>> "c" == csj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > c> Can you (the original poster) print to file using your CUPS > > c> setup? If you can print to file, but not to the printer, it's > > c> probably a printer-queue problem. My own experience: I spent two > > c> day figuring out that the proper command isn't "lpr" or "lpr -P > > c> lp0" but "lpr -P lp foo.txt." > > c> > > > >I am the original poster. > > > >What's the difference b/w "lpr foo.txt" and "lpr -P lp foo.txt" ? > > > There is no difference, so long as lp is the first printer defined in > /etc/printcap. -P is needed to address any printer apart from the default.
And what happens if lp is not the first, or is not defined at all in /etc/printcap ? (I ask because the behaviour of lpr (package as well as command) is not like that. You need lp to be defined with either style of command. Otherwise, lpr: lp: unknown printer) Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.