From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Uwe (Peter) Feldtmann" Subject: Re: No printing via lprng with Dosemu 1.3.1 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 21:05:04 +1100 Message-ID: <41F619D0.2030902@microshare.com.au> References: <20050124154900.00002147@STROHSJE-NBK> <41F57A9C.9000908@nf.sympatico.ca> <20050125103732.454de600.mlist-dos@rwz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050125103732.454de600.mlist-dos@rwz.de> Sender: linux-msdos-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Jens Strohschnitter Cc: DosEmu Mailinglist 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 <> >>>LPT: initializing printer <> >>>LPT: initializing printer <> >>>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 <>) ok ? > >