On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 06:54:53PM +0100, Rowland Penny wrote: > On 05/10/15 18:48, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >I made the /var/spool/lpd directory manually, since a search of Debian > >packages didn't find any package that includes it as part of its > >infrastructure. > > I think you will find it is from the 'lpr' package
Which I do not have installed. Nor lprng. Instead, I have cups-bsd. Each of them privides its own /usr/bin/lpr file. Online I'm told the way to specify my printer is to use the -S option on lpr and give it an IP number, but the man page for lpr does not have that option. Presumably cups-bsd, which is what I have installed, does not have that option. So presumably it's time to uninstall cups and all its relativees and relations and install lpr. Then see if this is the right /usr/bin/lpr. -- hendrik > > Rowland > > > I still think that something's missing, (possibly > >something that puts files into this spool queue) but now the package > >hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb that I downloaded from Brother's website > >installs without problem. > > > >I still don't know how to submit any file to be printed. Presumably it > >has to be a .ps or .pdf, since that's what the printer can handle > >natively. > > > >But man lpr tells me to specify a destination I have no idea what to > >specify here to identify the printer. > > > > From the man page for lpr, I get the impression that lpr is part of > >CUPS. Is that really correct? Wasn't there an lpr command long ago > >that wasn't part of CUPS? It seems I remember using something like > >it in the days of Unix in the 1970's. > > > >-- hendrik > > > > > >On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 12:35:25PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote: > >>On Mon, Oct 05, 2015 at 06:02:30PM +0200, Riccardo Boninsegna wrote: > >>>On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 5:52 PM, Hendrik Boom <hend...@topoi.pooq.com> > >>>wrote: > >>>>Obtaining a driver from Brother's support site as a .deb file, I tried to > >>>>install it with dpkg: > >>>> > >>>>root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/Download/BrotherPrinterDriver# dpkg -i > >>>>hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb > >>>As the name says, that's an LPR driver. > >>> > >>>Brother does not make actual drivers for CUPS, only ones for LPR plus > >>>a hack to make LPR drivers work in CUPS! > >>I'd be delighted woth using lpr. But even man lpr tells me about > >>CUPS. Has man lpr been suborned by CUPS? > >> > >>>1: If you're using an i386 system, you're good to go; if you're using > >>>amd64, enable 32 bit compatibility with (as superuser) `dpkg > >>>--add-architecture i386 && aptitude update && aptitude install > >>>libstdc++6:i386`; if you're using any other architecture, give up! > >>I have an i386 system. But as I mentioned, using dpkg to > >>install the lpr driver failed: > >> > >>root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/Download/BrotherPrinterDriver# dpkg -i > >>hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb > >>Selecting previously unselected package hl3170cdwlpr. > >>(Reading database ... 118096 files and directories currently installed.) > >>Preparing to unpack hl3170cdwlpr-1.1.2-1.i386.deb ... > >>Unpacking hl3170cdwlpr (1.1.2-1) ... > >>Setting up hl3170cdwlpr (1.1.2-1) ... > >>mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or > >>directory > >>chown: cannot access ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or directory > >>chgrp: cannot access ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or directory > >>chmod: cannot access ‘/var/spool/lpd/hl3170cdw’: No such file or directory > >>root@notlookedfor:/home/hendrik/Download/BrotherPrinterDriver# > >> > >>So until I get the lpr level working, it won't help much to install the > >>lpr compatiility for UPS. > >> > >>Or is the CUPS lpr compatibility etting in my way with installing an lpr > >>driver? > >> > >>>2: Download both drivers from > >>>http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=hl3170cdw_all&os=128 > >>>3: Install "cups-daemon" (the actual print server) and "cups-bsd" > >>>(backwards compatibility with LPR command line tools) > >>These are already installed, presumably with the default iinstall of > >>devuan alpha 2. > >> > >>>4: Make sure your printer is connected and ready, install the LPR driver > >>How to I "connect" a network printer that communicates over wifi? > >>And this is the step that failed. > >> > >>>5: Install the CUPS driver > >>>6: If all went fine, you should have the printer already configured > >>>(you may want to visit localhost:631 with a browser to set paper size, > >>>etc)! > >>-- hendrik > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Dng mailing list > >>Dng@lists.dyne.org > >>https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > >_______________________________________________ > >Dng mailing list > >Dng@lists.dyne.org > >https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
