Quoting Christopher R. Barry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > --- Thomas Wegner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Christopher > > > > On 28-Jan-2001 Christopher R. Barry wrote: > > > > > lp0 :\ > > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > > > :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:\ > > > :if=/usr/share/apsfilter/bin/apsfilter:\ > > > > > I try to print with the command > > > > > > $ lpr test.ps > > try "lpr -Plp or lpr -Plp0 file" > > I tried that also. The docs say that if you don't specify a -Pprinter option > to lpr, then the default will be the first /etc/printcap entry, which is lp0 > for me.
Which printing package is that? My observations are that at least the following sequence is obeyed: . -Pprinter in the command line . PRINTER environment variable . lp queuename In lpr, for example, . the first paragraph in /etc/printcap does not have any priority: 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.