Make a copy of your /etc/printcap and then run magicfilterconfig. I think the "if" line should be something like
:if=/usr/sbin/ljet4l-filter ljet4l-filter is a magicfilter script (it starts with #! /usr/sbin/magicfilter). All lines should end with a \ until the end of the printer description. In the example below there is a blank line after lp and the sh line doesn't end with a \ either. On Mon, Oct 26, 1998 at 10:27:10AM -0600, Kent West wrote: > At 06:18 AM 10/26/1998 -0600, you wrote: > >OK, this is how my printcap looks. I still get the insidious message > >'transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed' > >What could be causing this? OR, what can I change in my printcap that > >mught get my printer working. > >It is an HP660C but I would think I could still get garbage out of it by > >typing 'lp test'? > > > > > >Is there anything special I need to do to set up magicfilter other than > >put it in my printcap? > > > > > > > > > > lp:\ > > > > :lp=/dev/lp1:\ > > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ > > :mx#0:\ > > :sh: > > :if=/usr/sbin/magicfilter:\ > > Okay, after specifying the options in printcap, you then need to tell lpr > to read that file. You can reboot (but why reboot? this ain't winders) or > you can issue the command: > lpc reread all > This tells lpr/lpc to read all the entries in printcap. Or you could just say: > lpc reread lp > to read just the lp entries (if you had 20 printers defined, you might want > to do this). > > Then to double-check what lpr/lpc read, issue the command: > lpc printcap all > > I'd run this last command first, to see if the printer utility knows about > the changes you've made in printcap, then do the "lpc reread all" command, > then run the "lpc printcap all" command again to make sure the changes were > read. Now try printing and see what happens. > > Kent -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) Alantro Communications [EMAIL PROTECTED]
