Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 16:52:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Dave Haas <daveh@eskimo.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: print spooling Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950515163559.7634A-100000@eskimo.com>
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Hi there,
I'm running the 4/12 snapshot of FreeBSD and am having no luck
getting print spooling working. I've set up a printer "lp" in /etc/printcap:
# @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90
lp|local line printer:\
:lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/lpd:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:
and set lptcontrol as both interrupt-driven and polled. Upon a reboot, I
can send a request for printing, like:
# lpr sample.text
but the printer head just makes a bit of noise, and nothing gets printed.
Subsequent print requests don't make it to the printer either, and
the print head doesn't rattle at all. Instead, everything gets piled up
in /var/spool/output/lpd, where it sits forever (or at least until I
lprm 'em).
I've tried everything I can think of using lpc, lptcontrol, lpd and
/etc/printcap. What's worse is I can still print files by using
# cat sample.text > /dev/lpt0
so I know it's not a hardware fault.
Please help me! What am I doing wrong here?
Thanks in advance!
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"You choke on the fumes of ethernet vapors... You die."
Dave Haas
Island Computer Solutions
daveh@eskimo.com
(206) 842-0679
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