Printer Installation
Rem P Roberti
remegius at comcast.net
Tue Aug 17 19:25:04 UTC 2010
On 08/17/2010 12:05, Rem Roberti wrote:
> Hi all. I'm having problems installing a printer on a new 8.1
> installation. I want to do this sans CUPS and via lpd. lpd is
> enabled in my /etc/rc.conf. Here is my printcap:
>
> lp|photosmart:\
> :lp=/dev/ulpt0:\
> :af=/usr/local/share/ppd/HP/HP-PhotoSmart_7760-hpijs.ppd.gz:\
> :if=/usr/local/bin/foomatic-rip:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/photosmart:\
> :sh:
>
> Whenever I try and print, for example...lpr -Pphotosmart
> /etc/printcap...I get this error message: "lpr: Connection refused"
> Now, although I stated that I want to install the printer using lpd,
> CUPS is installed on the computer, but not enabled. I seem to recall
> that there could be a path problem with lpr if CUPS is installed and
> one tries to use lpd, but I've forgotten how to deal with that, if
> indeed that is the problem. BTW, I have included ulpt0 as a
> permission in my /etc/fstab file.
>
> Any help much appreciated.
>
> Rem
I forgot to mention that if I try to test the printer like this...lptest
80 5 | lpr...I get back an error message that says, "lpr: Error -
scheduler not responding!"
Rem
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