Thus spake Dimitri Maziuk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> * Robert L. Harris ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> >
> >
> > I think I have my printer configured correctly. I want to do an "lp
> > /etc/passwd" as a test of straight up printing.
>
> So what happens if you just type "lp /etc/passwd"?
{0}:albatross:/var/log>lp /etc/printcap
request id is hpdj880c-4 (1 file(s))
{0}:albatross:/var/log>lpq
no entries
This is what confused me.
> ...There's no entry in
> > /etc/printcap for my printer. Do the deamons use /etc/printcap? If
> > not, how do I just print from cmdprompt, check queue's, etc?
>
> RTFM. There is no printcap, /etc/printcap.cups has only printer
> names in it. Relevant files are in /etc/cups. CUPS comes with its
> own lp & friends (and lpr if you install cupsys-bsd) that know
> about all that.
Ok, this makes sense. I read another thread about enabling the CR->LF
conversion but don't see such an option ( run an HP printer).
:wq!
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