[Tfug] lpr and unknown printer
Glen Pfeiffer
glen at thepfeiffers.net
Sun Mar 2 22:12:41 MST 2008
On 03/02/2008 12:31 PM, Bexley Hall wrote:
>> 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
>>
[snip]
>> What should I look at next?
>
> What's th relavent portion of your /etc/printcap
> look like?
>
It is empty. Though it seems that since I am using CUPS, I need
the cupsys-bsd package. Thanks!
--
Glen
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