Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:34:45 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-01 12:24, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:21:05 +, Brian wrote: > > > > > On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: > > > > > > > On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > > > on client PC >

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:26:23 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-01 12:16, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: > > > > > On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > > > > > > > "systemctl start lpd.service" > > > > > > > > Eh? You would have to explain. For a s

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-01 12:24, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:21:05 +, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > > > on client PC > > > $ lpstat -t > > > scheduler is running > > > system default destination: HP_LaserJet_4000_

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-01 12:16, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > "systemctl start lpd.service" > > Eh? You would have to explain. For a start, the service file does not > seem to exist in Debian. clutching at straws Which packag

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:21:05 +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: > > > On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > > > > > on client PC > > > > $ lpstat -t > > > > scheduler is running > > > > system default destination: HP_LaserJet_4000_Series > > > > devic

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > > > on client PC > > > $ lpstat -t > > > scheduler is running > > > system default destination: HP_LaserJet_4000_Series > > > device for HP_LaserJet_4000_Series: socket://10.0.0.108 > > > > This is no

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:09:16 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: > > > > "systemctl start lpd.service" > > > > Eh? You would have to explain. For a start, the service file does not > > seem to exist in Debian. > > clutching at straws Which package is lpd.service in?

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-01 11:49, Brian wrote: on client PC $ lpstat -t scheduler is running system default destination: HP_LaserJet_4000_Series device for HP_LaserJet_4000_Series: socket://10.0.0.108 This is not a connection to the server. socket://... indicates a direct connection to the printer. with

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 11:55:20 +, Brian wrote: > On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:43:58 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > > > Brian (12019-03-01): > > > If installing the cups-bsd package was the solution, why didn't the use > > > of lpr give a file not found error? > > > > Probably because of this, th

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12019-03-01): > I doubt it. This simply says that cups cannot exist on the same system > if either the lpr or lprng *packages* is installed. And therefore, if one of these packages was previously installed, as mick just told us, and provided the lpr command, it was removed to make way for t

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-01 11:42, Brian wrote: On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 11:35:18 +, mick crane wrote: On 2019-03-01 11:15, Curt wrote: > I believe the lpr that works with cups is the one provided by cups-bsd. > success ! ta ever so much If installing the cups-bsd package was the solution, why didn't the

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 12:43:58 +0100, Nicolas George wrote: > Brian (12019-03-01): > > If installing the cups-bsd package was the solution, why didn't the use > > of lpr give a file not found error? > > Probably because of this, that caused the removal of packages: > > Conflicts: lpr, lprng I d

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 09:58:08 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-02-28 18:59, mick crane wrote: > > hello > > is buster > > I can print from command line with > > "lp filename" > > but not with "lpr filename" > > when printing from terminal the font is a bit big and uses too much > > paper. > > a

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Nicolas George
Brian (12019-03-01): > If installing the cups-bsd package was the solution, why didn't the use > of lpr give a file not found error? Probably because of this, that caused the removal of packages: Conflicts: lpr, lprng Regards, -- Nicolas George signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Brian
On Fri 01 Mar 2019 at 11:35:18 +, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-03-01 11:15, Curt wrote: > > > I believe the lpr that works with cups is the one provided by cups-bsd. > > > success ! > ta ever so much If installing the cups-bsd package was the solution, why didn't the use of lpr give a file n

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
On 2019-03-01 11:15, Curt wrote: I believe the lpr that works with cups is the one provided by cups-bsd. success ! ta ever so much -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Curt
On 2019-03-01, mick crane wrote: > On 2019-02-28 18:59, mick crane wrote: >> hello >> is buster >> I can print from command line with >> "lp filename" >> but not with "lpr filename" >> when printing from terminal the font is a bit big and uses too much >> paper. >> apparently "enscript -FCourier1

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread Nicolas George
mick crane (12019-02-28): > Can try to get lpr to work Leaving something that does not work is rarely a good idea. You neglected to give some very important information, in particular which packages provides the various commands you are trying to use and their respective versions. Regards, --

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
$ enscript -d filename lpr: test: unknown printer sorry that is a typing error, the actual file was called "test". tried the printer name after "-d" but put this here because shows enscript is using lpr -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: font size printing from terminal

2019-03-01 Thread mick crane
On 2019-02-28 18:59, mick crane wrote: hello is buster I can print from command line with "lp filename" but not with "lpr filename" when printing from terminal the font is a bit big and uses too much paper. apparently "enscript -FCourier10 filename" for example is supposed to work but that send

font size printing from terminal

2019-02-28 Thread mick crane
hello is buster I can print from command line with "lp filename" but not with "lpr filename" when printing from terminal the font is a bit big and uses too much paper. apparently "enscript -FCourier10 filename" for example is supposed to work but that sends it to lpr which doesn't. Can try to ge