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Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 15:24:29 -0600
From: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950716164723.26450C-100000@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> (message from Joseph Steinberg on Sun, 16 Jul 1995 16:49:04 -0400 (EDT))
Subject: Re: 4 quickies (hopefully)
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>>>>> "Joseph" == Joseph Steinberg <steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu> writes:

    Joseph> ( 1 ) I am having difficulty configuring lp. I have an
    Joseph> HP-Laserjet 4 with Postscript and 6 megs of RAM. I can
    Joseph> print PS files by su-ing to root and cat-ing them to
    Joseph> /dev/lpt0 -- but I cannot print with lp (I get blank pages
    Joseph> from the printer.) Please advise. (I probably did not
    Joseph> configure printcap properly, but I am not sure what to
    Joseph> do.)

I'd like to see a copy of your /etc/printcap file, but if you're in a
hurry, try this diminutive /etc/printcap:

lp|HP LaserJet 4 with PostScript and 6 MB:\
	:lp=/dev/lpt0:mx#0:sh:if=/bin/cat:

    Joseph> ( 3 ) Is there a way to display a message before the
    Joseph> 'login:' prompt?

See man gettytab(4) and /etc/gettytab.

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA

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