Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:25:18 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com> To: Greg Stevens <gstevens@interaccess.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Can't get LPR to work Message-ID: <368E80AE.21FEBCC2@uk.radan.com> References: <368E4197.C3007754@interaccess.com>
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Greg Stevens wrote:
>
> Can't get LPR to work - just trying to get the simple implementation
> going per the Handbook p. 69-80:
>
> lptest 5 5 | lpr -P hp550c
^
there should be no space here. I think lpr is interpretting ``hp550c''
as a filename
>
> lpr comes back with:
>
> "lpr: connect: no such file or directory
> jobs queued, but cannot start daemon"
>
> Everything seems OK - jobs did Spool ok, and I can address the printer
> through the parallel port ok. lpd exists in /usr/sbin. I'm using an
> IBM Aptiva, 22MB, and HP550C printer, and FreeBSD 2.2.5.
>
> I'll appreciate any help with this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg Stevens
>
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Sheet Metal CAD/CAM Solutions
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