On 19-Mar-2002 Bjorn Nilsen wrote:
> It seems to be a syntax error
>
> This prints to /dev/lp0 ???????????
>
># cat /etc/printcap
> lp|HPLJ2100:\
>:rm=192.168.69.39:\
>:rp=raw:\
>:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:
>
> This prints to network printer (notice no colons on end of lines)
>
># cat /etc/printcap
> lp|HPLJ2100\
>:rm=192.168.69.39\
>:rp=raw\
>:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:
>
> Why this is the case I have no idea because the example printcap file has
> those colons and everything I read on the net does too. If anyone is
> interested I am running Debian 2.2r5 and lpd 0.48-1. Well this has wasted a
> heap of time :-(
man termcap (which is referred to in man printcap) states :
Subsequent fields contain the terminal capabilities; any
continued capability lines must be indented one tab from
the left margin.
The first entry in my (working) printcap is :
lp|Remote raw printer:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:rm=printserver:\
:rp=lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:sh:
... which has 2 tabs at the beginning of each continuation line.
Could a lack of tab(s) be the cause of your problem?
Cheers,
Brian Chatterton
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