On Fri 27 Nov 2015 at 10:08:44 +0000, Sharon Kimble wrote: > Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > > > Does the machine print with > > > > lp -d print_queue <any_pdf> > > No, it says - > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > lp -d print_queue /home/boudiccas/research/adoc/herbal/herbals-main.pdf > lp: The printer or class does not exist. > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > > > lp -d print_queue <any_text_file> ?
'print_queue' is a placeholder for the name of your print queue. It is also known as 'the printer'. Perhaps I should have written <print_queue>. 'lpstat -a' will give you the names of all your queues. > And yet its showing in cups as being installed and prints out a > cups-test-page, and when its printing its shown as "Active"! > > However, I did not 'clear' cups before rebooting. Maybe I should delete > the printer from cups, close it down, unplug it, plug it in again, and > turn it back on, and then reinstall it using cups? If you are unable to print PDFs and text files with lp you might have to do this.
