David, Have you tried again to cat /etc/princap > /dev.lp0 as set out below. The only reason I asked to do an ls -l on /dev/lp0 was to ascertain if there were any strange links set up because as previously mentioned the cat command as shown directly outputs the file to the printer port bypassing all other software. So it is basically imposible to do what you said happened. Please retry the commands as shown below and let us know what happens cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0 cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp1. Regards, Graham Smith ---------------------------------- On 13-Mar-2000 Juergen Braukmann wrote:

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yes exactly :s -l /dev/lp0 gets

crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0Apr15 1999 /dev/lp0

Is that a good thing? David

That's perfectly normal. What Graham suggested is the basic test on "unwilling" devices: cat a file to it. Since it's connected to the printer, something is bound to happen.

i.e. try:

cat /etc/printcap > /dev/lp0

you should expect a "staicased" output like

-----8<---- # ### BEGIN apsfilter: ### PS_300dpi a4 mono 300 ### # Warning: Configured for

At some point it runs of the page, showing that communication works and lp0 *is* the correct device. Then it's time to think about the rest. Well if all fails it's trial and error with /dev/lp1.

Juergen

PS: If stuff is listed in the queue but doesn't print try (as root) "lpc up all"

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doing what you suggest adds the file to the

On 13-Mar-2000 David wrote: list

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in lpq but the printer remains silent.

That does not make sense. The command cat <file> > /dev/lp0 writes directly to the port and bypasses the lpr program altogether. What happens when you do an ls -l on /dev/lp0? You should see something like shown below.

ls -l /dev/lp0 crw-rw---- 1 root lp 6, 0 Dec 4 01:39 /dev/lp0

Regards,

Graham Smith

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