On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, A W Young wrote:
> I have a Hewlett Packard 690C printer and RedHat Linux 5.1. If I try to
> print a file with the
>
> lpr hello.c
>
> command, for example, then nothing happens. If I examine the queue with
> lpq, then it reports either "no daemon present" or "waiting for lp to
> become ready (offline ?)". In the RHS Linux Print System Manager I have
> lp as "local printer on /dev/lp0". I have tried turning the printer
> off, then on again. If I move to the /etc directory and type "lptest >
> /dev/lp0" then nothing happens.
Is the printer on lp0 in RH? It's /dev/lp1 in Slackware.
Good Luck,
Gordon A. Gallup Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, NE 68588-0111
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