hi,

no the path is just an info that might be used to appear on the bannerpage. If you
filter the controlfile it should run OK anyway..

regards
        ~christoph



Richard Ems wrote:

> Christoph Beyer wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > the "/" is not considered to be a 'safe character' in the controlfile
> > probably LPRng will replace it by '_' maybe this is confusing your
> > printspooler.
> >
> > In the printcap you can define 'safe_chars=/', perhaps this might help...
> >
> > regards
> >                 ~christoph
>
> The print spooler is running ok.
> What dies is the HARDWARE print server attached to the HP printer on the parallel
> port.
> The only significant difference in the control files is the path, and the one
> without path does work ok,  so I suppose the second one should be also without path!
> Or not? Is the path really needed? Is this a bug in lprng or in my configuration?
> I will give "safe_chars=/" a try ...
>
> Thanks, Richard
>
> --
>    Richard Ems
>    ... e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>    ... Fachbereich Informatik, Universit�t Hamburg
>
>    Unix IS user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are.


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