Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 12:08:47 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jackson@cs.odu.edu (Hal Jackson) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeeBSD 2.0.5 (fwd) Message-ID: <199507200238.MAA09714@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.90.950719133851.503A-100000@flashflood.cs.odu.edu> from "Hal Jackson" at Jul 19, 95 01:40:01 pm
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Hal Jackson stands accused of saying: > > > Can you help with a FreeBSD 2.0.5 printing issue? > > I can't figure out why /dev/lp > is needed by lpr. The device file is not created by installing, nor > by running /dev/MAKEDEV, nor is it even on the "live filesystem" CD #2 > in the CD package. /dev/lp is the "default" BSD printer device. It's often installed as a symbolic link to the "real" printer device. > How would one go about using lpr/lp? I have a valid printcap and all; > lpr -Pcanon produces valid output (my printer name is "canon"). If you want to make the canon the default printer, add "lp" to the list of names in its printcap entry. > I tried to see if lpd could use a different device file, but it insists > on /dev/lp, which doesn't seem to exist. You're possibly being confused by "lp", the name of the default printer, and "/dev/lp", the default printer device. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] My car has "demand start" - Terry Lambert [[
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