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Date:      Fri, 07 Feb 1997 19:16:25 -0600
From:      dkelly@hiwaay.net
To:        "Christopher D. Ginn" <raistln@ksu.edu>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   (there wasn't any, but its an HP net printer problem)
Message-ID:  <199702080116.TAA14847@nexgen.ampr.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Christopher D. Ginn" <raistln@ksu.edu>  of "Fri, 07 Feb 1997 13:01:47 CST." <v03007801af212a4df463@[129.130.66.39]> 

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> Hi,
> 
> 	I am currently running 2.1.6 and am trying to connect to a HP
> Laserjet 3si over a network. The printer will allow me to telnet in and
> will print out the text I send to it, but lpq gives a "Queue does not
> exist", even though it still allows me to queue up the items. This is what
> I have entered in /etc/printcap:
> 
> 	lp|oak|Hewlett Packard Laserjet 3Si:\
> 	        :lp=/dev/null:rm=myhostname:rp=oak:sd=/var/spool/lpd/oak:

Try changing "rp=oak" above to "rp=lp". HP's embedded lpd emulates a host 
with a printer named lp attached. You can still call it oak locally.

--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
=====================================================================
The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its
capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.





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