On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 12:33:23PM -0700, Robert L. Harris wrote:
| 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.
If the job can be sent to the printer fast enough, then you won't see
it in 'lpq'. Go to the web interface and "stop" the printer first so
that the job will stay in the queue.
| > ...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.
The printcap generation is configurable. CUPS doesn't need it at all,
it is just there to satiate apps that look in /etc/printcap to see
what printer names are legal.
| I read another thread about enabling the CR->LF conversion but don't
| see such an option ( run an HP printer).
My LJIIIp needs the LF->CRLF conversion. The PPD file takes care of
that, though.
-D
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