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Re: More printing problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Nielsen)
Fri Nov 8 13:41:19 1996
Date: Fri, 8 Nov 1996 09:53:28 -0700 (MST)
From: Bob Nielsen <nielsen@primenet.com>
Reply-To: nielsen@primenet.com
To: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
cc: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611081549.KAA15071@chaos>
Resent-From: redhat-list@redhat.com
On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
> When I print (laserjet II or deskjet 660C), I always get a junk startup
> page. Any ideas about how to stop this? Also, I tried to set up both
> printers using the control-panel. Only lpr works with both. lpr -Plp2
> gives nothing.
>
> Here is my printcap. I have a switch box, and both printers are attached
> at parallel port LPT1.
>
> Here is my /etc/printcap.
>
> ##PRINTTOOL## LOCAL laserjet 300x300 letter 1
> lp:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
> ##PRINTTOOL## LOCAL cdj550 600x600 letter 1
> lp2:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp2:\
> :mx#0:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp2/filter:
>
Does /var/spool/lpd/lp2 exist? Since it is just for spooling, and you
can't print to both with the same port simultaneously, you could use the
same spool directory for both. I use a similar setup with two different
printcap entries and it works for me.
To get rid of the "garbage page" add the following line to each entry:
:sh:\
(or click on "suppress header" in printtool).
Bob
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