Re: No printing via lprng with Dosemu 1.3.1

["Uwe (Peter) Feldtmann" <uwe@microshare.com.au>]

Check /etc/dosemu/dosemu.conf

Look for the printer section and make sure it looks somethign like this:-


##############################################################################
## Printer settings

# list of (/etc/printcap) printer names to appear as LPT1, LPT2, LPT3
# (not all are needed, empty for none). Default: "lp"
# use "" if you want the printer_command (below) free-form (LPT1 only)

$_printer = "pr-fra19"

# Print command to use. Default: "lpr", for "lpr -P printername".
# Sometimes (with CUPS) "lpr -l" is necessary.

$_printer_command = "lpr -l"

# idle time in seconds before spooling out. Default: (20)

# $_printer_timeout = (20)


Jens Strohschnitter wrote:
>>
>>Jens Strohschnitter wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi list,
>>>
>>>I have problems while using lprng with dosemu 1.3.1.
>>>In my printcap I have added the following lines:
>>>
>>>pr-fra19|remote printer on pr-fra19:\
>>>       :sd=/var/spool/lpd/pr-fra19:\
>>>       :rm=pr-fra19:\
>>>       :rp=text:\
>>>       :bk:sh:mx#0:
>>>
>>>The dosemu.conf looks like:
>>>
>>>$_printer = "pr-fra19"
>>>$_printer_command = "lpr"
>>>
>>>But when I try to print from a application running underdosemu, nothing happens.
>>>So I have started the dosemu with a logfile (dosemu.bin +D-a+w+p -o /tmp/dos.log) and found following lines:
>>>
>>>LPT: initializing printer <<NODEV>>
>>>LPT: initializing printer <<NODEV>>
>>>LPT: initializing printer <<NODEV>>
>>>LPT: print to non-defined printer LPT3
>>>LPT: print to non-defined printer LPT2
>>>LPT: init printer 0
>>>
>>>The printer is plugged on a printbox, that is connected via ethernet with the LAN
>>>A testprint from linux (lpr -Ppr-fra19 /etc/xxx) works fine.
>>>
>>>Hope someone can help me to fix this problem. A running dosemu (1.1.3-5) works fine under SuSE 7.2 / 2.4.16. But
>>>now we have to use SLES9 from SuSE with Kernel 2.6.5-XXX.
>>
>>lpr command should be  "lpr -l" if you are using cups
> 
> 
> Hi out there,
> 
> no, I am using lprng in Version 3.9.x. 
> I have tried out lpr -l but nothing happens.
> Are the entries in the debuglog (LPT: initializing printer <<NODEV>>) ok ?
> 
>