On Fri, 04 Jan 2002 06:57:09 -0700, Luke Call wrote:
Thanks for the tip (somehow I didn't see it until today--sorry). I tried
"lpc status all" also and it said:
lp:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
no entries
printer idle
But just for interest, I still tried "lpc enable all" and "lpc restart
all", and have the same results. Any other ideas? Thanks!
Luke
On Wed, 02 Jan 2002 13:03:24 -0600, Gary Turner wrote:
>>When I try to print directly to /dev/lp0 from the command line ("cat
>>filename.txt > /dev/lp0") nothing happens; printing from applications
>>like gimp doesn't work either. It did work until recently, and I've
>>tried various HOWTOs, searching the web, and taking the system back to
>>the same configuration it had when it was working, but now I'm stumped
>>and out of ideas. It's not the printer because it works when I boot
>>windows instead. Any tips or things I could try?
>
>Sounds like something I recently went through. Try:
># lpc enable { all | printer }
>or
># lpc restart { all | printer }
>
>One of those, I don't recall which, got me back up. RTFM, man lpc.
>
>gt
>Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
I'm not using CUPS so this may or may not mean anything. Have you
checked /etc/printcap to see that it's ok? Second, I sometimes have
problems with redirection and printing. I get similar but not identical
results. Try, instead 'pr myfile | lpr'. Personal choice on pr. I
like the pagination and ability to create a margin. Piping has not
failed me yet, and redirection has. Of course my redirection probs are
likely due to ignorance on my part.
If this doesn't help, I got nuthin'.
gt
Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash