I can't seem to get my printer to print. It has previously worked with Debian but this is a re-installation (Potato 2.2r3).
I have installed lpr and apsfilter and then ran apsfilterconfig. It is a bjc4200 and it uses the bjc600 driver. It printed a test page fine from apsfilter setup program. I just tried to print from abiword and nothing happens. I also tried printing to a .ps file and then doing: cat file.abw.ps | lpr but I get this error: # cat /home/mark/documents/testfile.abw.ps | lpr Status Information: sending job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] connecting to 'localhost', attempt 1 connected to 'localhost' requesting printer [EMAIL PROTECTED] sending control file 'cfA840debian' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] error 'LINK_TRANSFER_FAIL' sending file 'cfA840debian' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] job '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' transfer to [EMAIL PROTECTED] failed Here is what apsfilter changed my /etc/printcap file to: -------snip---------------------------------- ascii|lp1|bjc600-a4-ascii-mono|bjc600 ascii mono:\ :lp=/dev/printers/0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-mono/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-ascii-mono:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: # lp2|bjc600-a4-auto-mono|bjc600 auto mono:\ :lp=/dev/printers/0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-mono/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-auto-mono:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: # lp3|bjc600-a4-ascii-color|bjc600 ascii color:\ :lp=/dev/printers/0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-ascii-color/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-ascii-color:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: # lp|lp4|bjc600-a4-auto-color|bjc600 auto color:\ :lp=/dev/printers/0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-a4-auto-color/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-auto-color:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: # raw|lp5|bjc600-a4-raw|bjc600 auto raw:\ :lp=/dev/printers/0:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw:\ :lf=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw/log:\ :af=/var/spool/lpd/bjc600-raw/acct:\ :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/filter/aps-bjc600-a4-raw:\ :mx#0:\ :sh: ------------------snip---------------------------- Can anyone help me with this? Thanks. Mark.