Thanks again for the reply. :) I tried the command you suggested for a text file and for a .ps file:
# lpr -Plp4 test.ps # lpr -Pascii <file.txt) ...and both times got the same error message printed on the page: Unknown device: escp2 , then the page hangs and I have to press the sheet feed button. I had to revert back to 2.1 (from a tarball backup) so I'm currently running apsfilter v4.9.7-5 and gs-aladdin v5.50-3. You can find my current printcap here: ftp://mattyt.net/pub/printcap Thanks for your help and patience... :) -Cheers > If you used apsfilter, your printcap probably has several printers > defined. To print to the ascii printer, I use the command > lpr -Pascii file.txt > > For postscript files, I use one of the other printers. For printing from > windows to the printserver I use the raw printer shared via samba. > > You should probably read over the printing howto. There's some good > info there. Then check out the man page for lpr and related utilitys. > > Hope that helps some. > > On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 01:42:37PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote: > > Well, I had heard that printtool was an easy program to use to set up my > > printer, so I upgraded to 2.2 in order to install printtool. What I > > didn't know was that printtool is a graphical program, and I don't run any > > XFree on my server, I don't even have a monitor or keyboard hooked up, > > just ssh access. > > > > After I upgraded, I ran apsfilterconfig again. I chose the stcolor driver > > and the test page printed out beautifully. I was excited, thinking I had > > figured it out, but when I attempt to print a text file, the printer feeds > > the paper in, prints a little, then hangs with the paper halfway in. > > After a bit I push the paper feed button, and the printer has printed > > 'unknown device: escp2'. > > > > Should I be using the lpr command or something else? What else can I > > check? I'm pulling my hair out, here, guys. > > > > TIA... :) > > > > > It sounds to me that you didnt restart lprng after you configured your > > > printer. I'm using lprng, and apsfilter and my setup looks very similar > > > to yours. Check the paths for all the print filters, but what you > > > have looks very similar to what I'm currently using. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 13, 2000 at 12:12:48PM -0700, Matthew Thompson wrote: > > > > Ment (may I call you Ment? ;), > > > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. :) Sometimes I feel pretty thick, since I've > > > > been > > > > using Debian for about 3 years and still stumble over stuff like this. > > > > *sigh* Anywayssss, you willing to spoon-feed me a bit, here? > > > > > > > > I already had gsfonts installed, so I installed apsfilter using dselect. > > > > It ran me through the config, and I chose the following printer: > > > > > > > > escp2: Epson ESC/P 2 language printers, including Stylus 800 > > > > > > > > I set the other values it asked for, and it finished, saying cheerfully > > > > 'we made it!'. ;) > > > > > > > > I then attempted to print a text file with: > > > > > > > > # lpr <file> > > > > > > > > and got this output: > > > > > > > > no printcap for printer 'ascii' > > > > job 'cfA758doma.mattyt.net' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed > > > > > > > > :sh: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > I'm afraid I don't know where to go from here. BTW, I'm using lprng > > > > instead of lpr on a friend's suggestion ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), if that > > > > makes > > > > any difference. > > > > > > > > Hope I'm not too big a PITA. :) > > > > > > > > Cheers....................... > > > > > > > > On Sat, 13 May 2000, Mental wrote: > > > > > > > Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt > > --Someday, I'll have a web page.-- > > > > > -- > Mental > > "When in doubt, use brute force." > --Ken Thompson (author of unix) > > PGP 2.6.3a Public Key: http://www.neverlight.com/Mental-PublicKey.pgp > GPG 1.0.1 Public Key: http://www.neverlight.com/mental-gpg.asc > Matthew Thompson http://mattyt.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oz.net/~mattyt --Someday, I'll have a web page.--
