"Rinaldi J. Montessi" wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:15:53 -0800, The Real Bev wrote:
>
> >> Hi Bev. I'm at work at the moment (sigh) but if you could give me anexample
> >> of the typesof commands that are failing , e.g lpr file.txt; cat file.txt >
> >> lpr etc.
> >
> > bb:/root>lpr dvd.txt
>
> This works here.

How nice for you :-( Why me, lord?

> > bb:/root>lpq
> > Printer: lp@bb
> > Queue: no printable jobs in queue
> > Server: no server active
>
> Is your print daemon running?

bb:/root>ps aux |grep lpd
lp 901 0.0 0.2 3352 1264 ? Ss 14:26 0:00 lpd
Waiting

> > # /etc/printcap:
> > # Samsung
> > lp:\
> > :sh:\
> > :ml#0:\
> > :mx#0:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> > :if=/usr/local/linuxprinter/filters/spl2print:\
> > :lp=/dev/usb/lp0:
>
> You have a USB printer? Are your usb modules loaded?

Yes, yes.

> > # old panasonic laser printer with problems
> > lp1|hpj:\
> > :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
> > :sh:\
> > :if=/usr/lib/laserjet-filter:\
> > :mx#0:
>
> cat somefile.txt >/dev/lp0 produces what?

Nothing. catting to several likely devs (including /dev/usb/lp0, which
is what lp links to) produces this:

bb:/root>cat .gtkrc >/dev/usb/lp0
bb:/root>lpq
Printer: lp@bb
Queue: no printable jobs in queue
Server: no server active
Status: job 'root@bb+907' saved at 14:27:46.345
Rank Owner/ID Pr/Class Job Files Size
Time
done root@bb+907 A 907 (STDIN) 135942
14:27:41

Same result as before, just a different file.

> > Just think, the world is full of immortal Okidata dot matrix printers
> > that will probably last as long as Schwinn Varsities!
>
> I have a Star Micronics NL10 in the closet.

We've had a Panasonic KXP-4420 for at least 10 years. Heavy sucker, and
slow. Something has happened to it that results in the bottom inch of
the paper being unprintable, so we sprung for the Samsung because of its
linux-friendliness. It's really fast, which is nice. It really sucks
to have to wait 5 minutes per page :-( The KXP DOES lpr simple text
files quickly, though.

> > ObMozilla: I can't get either Moz 1.8 or NS 4.79 to print landscape
> > instead of portrait. 'Print preview' works fine, but the page comes out
> > portrait. Fortunately there's not much reason to print b+w pix at 600
> > dpi.
>
> Just for grins I gave that a shot. Same results here. Nowever if you
> print to file the results can be manipulated with your ps utility (gv,
> etc.)>

I like xv with jpgs. Winmozilla prints properly, though :-( My mom
likes to print photos (she uses a profligate deskjet) but I'm glad to be
rid of the need to store paper.

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Cheers,
Bev
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