Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 19:10:55 +0200 (MET DST) From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" <kuku@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> To: sahmad@interlog.com (Shazad Ahmad) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Printing problems Message-ID: <199606111710.TAA01882@gilberto.physik.rwth-aachen.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.960611081852.12583A-100000@gold.interlog.com>
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> Please offer any advice relating to my printing problem with FreeBSD 2.10 > I have a Canon BJ4100 Colour BubbleJet printer and I get the following > error whenever I send something to the printer via lpr: > > lpr: connect: no such file or directory > job has been queued but daemon failed to start > > Note: the printer is connected and functional with Windows 95/NT, etc. > and FreeBSD can print a test page to it via lprtest. > > The following is my Printcap file: > > # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > > #lp|local line printer:\ > # :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > lp|canon line:\ > :sh:lp=/dev/lpt0:\ > :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\ > :if=/var/local/libexec/if-simple:\ > :if=/var/log/canon.log ^lf= Does /dev/lpt0 exist and does it point to a configured device? > > Thanks, > > Shazad > P.S. I have a P90 with 32MB RAM and I have created the spool directory > mentioned above. I also have about 10MB free HD space according to the df > command. > I was logged in as root at the time of these tests. > > --Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku@gil.physik.rwth-aachen.de
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