What is weird is that many applications under gnome (netscape, gimp, staroffice with generic printer etc) are able to print correctly using "lpr -Plp" while the same command under a terminal/console dies silently.
Vittorio Sebastiaan [debian-user] <23/10/01 16:07 +0200>: > Hi, > > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Vittorio wrote: > > > While under potato I didn't have any difficulty to make my Epson > > StylusColor 640 work using lpr and magicfilter, after installing woody > > from scratch I cannot print any longer. > > > > I'm using -as usual - lpr & magicfilter. I've installed the right > > filter using magicfilterconfig. To no avail! > > > > When I try for instance a "lpr /etc/motd" nothing happens. > > > > I've checked the connection with my printer issuing: > > echo /etc/motd > /dev/lp > > and the file is printed regularly. > > > > What should I check now to make the printer work? > > > Check /etc/printcap and try to figure out more with lpc (like 'lpc status > all') if the file arrives at the spool dir. > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
