[Tfug] lpr and unknown printer
Bexley Hall
bexley401 at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 2 12:31:07 MST 2008
> I want to be able to print from the command line. My
> printer is a
> network printer and is configured in CUPS. I can
> print from every
> X program I have tried but this command fails as
> both root and a
> normal user:
>
> #lpr -P tp0 test.txt
> #lpr: tp0: unknown printer
>
> lpstat output shows that my printer is tp0:
>
> #lpstat -p -d
> printer tp0 is idle. enabled since Fri 25 Jan
> 2008 05:55:36 PM MST
> system default destination: tp0
>
> What should I look at next?
What's th relavent portion of your /etc/printcap
look like?
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