On 30 Nov 2002 07:41:57 -0500, "rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>said:
>Greetings all,
>
>Actually this has been plagueing me since 8.2 but continues in 9.0.
>Does anyone know what this means and how to fix it?
>

Here's a guess...
Try getting rid of the space and the bar in the first entry "|HP DeskJet970C:\"
The space is probably bad on its own merits. The bar, however, separates names for the 
printer. With no text before the bar, you've created a NULL name and that can't be 
good.

HTH

>"bad printcap name 'HP DeskJet970C', has '' character"
>
>Here is my /etc/printcap file
>
>|HP DeskJet970C:\
>    :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>    :lf=/var/log/lp-errs:\
>    :filter_options= --lprng $Z /etc/foomatic/lpd/lp.lom:\
>    :if=/usr/sbin/lpdomatic:\
>    :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>    :force_localhost:\
>    :sh:\
>    :mx#0:
>### BEGIN turboprint
>#   Warning: Written by Turboprint - do not edit!
>#            use tpsetup to edit printers
>lp|tp0|turbo1|HPDeskJet970C:\
>       :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>       :if=/usr/share/turboprint/lib/tpfilter:\
>       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1:\
>       :lf=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1/log:\
>       :af=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1/acct:\
>       :la@:mx#0:\
>       :tr=:cl:sh:
>#
>tp0raw|turbo1raw|HP_DeskJet970Craw:\
>       :lp=/dev/lp0:\
>       :if=/usr/share/turboprint/lib/tpfilterraw:\
>       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw:\
>       :lf=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw/log:\
>       :af=/var/spool/lpd/turbo1raw/acct:\
>       :la@:mx#0:\
>       :tr=:cl:sh:
>#
>#
>### END   turboprint
>
>Thanks for any help
>
>Rob

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Matthew O. Persico



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