a few more words: replace my 3rd test with:
echo "hello world" > /dev/lp0 echo "^L" > /dev/lp0 the last line should be control-l. that sends a form feed to the printer to eject the page. i'm not sure this should print a page on 100% of all printers. it will definitely print on a standard line printer, but i don't know much about fancy printers. at the VERY least it should make some of your light blink momentarily. that's what we're looking for. next: make a small textfile named "testfile" that contains "hello world". send me the output of: strace -o LOG lpr testfile do ***NOT*** send this to the list. it will be huge. send the output directly to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (it would most likely bounce since i configured the list to bounce really long messages). after you do this, send me the contents of /etc/printcap. you can send this to the list so that other people can take a look. people like rod or jeff know WAY more than i do about printcap files. after you do this, send me the output of "lpq". you can send this to the list as well. also, realize that the best source of information about anything is google groups. go to: http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search this is the best way to do anything under linux, surpassing FAQ's, guides and howto's. pete _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
