--snip---
>>>If, after booting, you run the command "ls -l /dev/lp*", what is the
result?
>>>
>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5 Feb 11 23:07 /dev/lp
>>>crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 0 May 5 1998 /dev/lp0
>>>crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 1 May 5 1998 /dev/lp1
>>>crw-rw---- 1 root daemon 6, 2 May 5 1998 /dev/lp2
>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 51 Nov 15 20:46 /dev/lp3
>>
>>The entries for lp0, lp1, and lp2 are right (or at least they match the
>>correspondign devices on my system). The entries for lp and lp3 aren't
>>devices (devices beging with c for character or b for block), so I'm not
>>sure what they are intended to be, since they aren't symlinks either (does
>>someone else know if this is something specific to Red Hat?).
>
>I think I may have created lp by mistake when trying to get the printer
>going. lp3 may also be something to do with me (!) but I'm not sure.
>
>--
>A. W. Young
>http://www.tylehurst.demon.co.uk/
>
I had this same problem when I was trying to set up my printer under 2.2.1.
I found that when I had set up my print filter it was trying to print to
/dev/lp1 and that is not where my printer is connected to. I changed it so
the print filter sent the jobs to /dev/lp0 and it worked like a charm.
BTW...all of my problems were identical to what you have described so far.
And /etc/printcap will tell you how the print jobs are handled. (I believe
there is a man page for printcap).
Well...good luck.
P.S. I used a program from Freshmeat.net called apsfilter which made it
VERY easy to set up my printer. Some of the pros on this list may have
better programs for this but I found this program very helpful.
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