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[mwagnon@xxxxxxxxxx (Mark Wagnon)]

Hi David-

Start up yast and set up you printer from there. yast uses apsfilter
which is a must have if you plan on printing postscript, graphics, etc.
Or if you're a masochist, you can set it up manually. Writing a
/etc/printcap file isn't that hard with dotmatrix printers. To find
where your printer is located, simply send a small ascii file to it like
so:

   # cat filename > /dev/lp*

ubstitute 0, 1, 2... until you find it. 

I used to have a panasonic 24-pin printer and I have used it under Linux
(slackware to be specific). I only printed plain ascii text with it, so
I don't know if my setup was capable of printing anything more complex
like postscript.

I've only set up my laser printer via yast and it works great. I don't
have any experience setting up a matrix printer through yast though.
Just choose the printer that most closely resembles yours, or one that
you printer can emulate. I believe that my printer could emulate the IBM
proprinter and an Epson something-or-other. 

Luck,

Mark 


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David Nelsen wrote:
> 
> Since my install of SuSE 5.1 - when I go to send a file to lpr - the
> printer just gives a reset - no other signs of life.  There is only one
> printer on the system, it's on the paralell port and it works fine when I
> restart into DOS or Windows.  The books and HOW TOs that I found say to
> edit the dot file .profile by the command export PRINTER=xx
> 
> My problem is where to find a list that gives me the xx for a given printer
> model.  All I could find was postscript=ps
> 
> Failing a list, any of you know what to call a 24 pin Panasonic?  Or is
> there an easier way to reconfigure this?
>
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