Re: Printing from dosemu

[Mark Knecht <mknecht@controlnet.com>]

Kevin Noseworthy - Specialty Software wrote:
> In dosemu.conf set
> $_printer = "lp1  lp2 ..."
> where lp1, etc. are the names of your Linux printers
> $_printer _command = "lpr"                As per the notes with CUPS you 
> may have to use "lpr -l"
> you may also wish to adjust the $_printer_timeout = (5)
> 
>  From within DOS the first printer port is either prn: or lpt1:, the 
> second and third are lpt2: and lpt3:
> Issuing a dir>lpt2: should produce a print job on the Linux printer lp2.
> 
> Hope this solves your problem!
> 

Kevin and Claudia,

    Thanks for your responses.

    I've tried setting things up as suggested above, but it's not 
working for me yet.

1) Contents of my modified /etc/dosemu.conf

$_printer = "lp1"

(also tried lpt1)

$_printer_command = "lpr -l"

(also tried lpr and just lp)

$_printer_timeout = (5)

2) From within Linux (as root) I can print as such:

Gentoo2 etc # lp dosemu.conf
request id is HP-224 (1 file(s))

Gentoo2 etc # lpr dosemu.conf

Both methods produce identical GOOD output.

Gentoo2 etc # lpr -l dosemu.conf

produces BAD output.

3) Most attempts in dosemu however produce no response and no printed 
file, or the following error message:

C:\>dir>lpt1:

C:\>lpr: unable to print file: client-error-not-found

I've tried a bunch of modifications to the suggested 3 lines in 
/etc/dosemu.conf but so far no lock. Can you see what I'm doing wrong?

thanks,
Mark