In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>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.
I don't know. Using the Print System Manager, I have tried changing the
settings to lp0, lp1 and lp2. With all three of these, when I try to
print a test page directly to port, I get the error message:
"Couldn't write file /dev/lp0: no such device"
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A. W. Young
http://www.tylehurst.demon.co.uk/
