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printing problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Mon Oct 28 10:15:14 1996
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 10:11:42 -0500
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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I finally decided to install printing with RH 3.0.3. It doesn't work.
My /etc/printcap file is the following.
# /etc/printcap
#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
##PRINTTOOL## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 letter {}
lp:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
:mx#0:\
:lp=/dev/lp0:\
:if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
I have an HP Laserjet Series II printer on LPT1:
The filter file is the following.
#!/bin/sh
DEVICE=laserjet
RESOLUTION=300x300
PAPERSIZE=letter
SENDEOF=
nenscript -TUS -ZB -p- |
if [ "$DEVICE" = "PostScript" ]; then
cat -
else
gs -q -sDEVICE=$DEVICE \
-r$RESOLUTION \
-sPAPERSIZE=$PAPERSIZE \
-dNOPAUSE \
-dSAFER \
-sOutputFile=- -
fi
if [ "$SENDEOF" != "" ]; then
printf "\004"
fi
exit 0
When I try to print, the file gets into the spool directory OK, but I
get the message
waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
I don't understand. The printer works fine under Windows 95.
Any ideas?
TIA,
-sen
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