Re: Printing under dosemu 1.1.5

Rick Knight
2003-07-13T16:33:32Z

Ralph,

$_printer should equal one of the entries from printcap. In your case,
so $_printer = "LexMark" or $_printer = "HP6P".

Rick Knight
(rick@rlknight.com)

Ralph Alvy wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Ryan. Here's what my /etc/printcap:
>
> LexMark:\
> :ml#0:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/LexMark:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/LexMark/LexMark.acct:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :lpd_bounce=true:\
> :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
>
> HP6P:\
> :ml#0:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/HP6P:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/HP6P/HP6P.acct:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :lpd_bounce=true:\
> :if=/usr/share/printconf/util/mf_wrapper:
>
> Ryan Underwood wrote:
>
>> Hi Ralph,
>>
>> Paste your /etc/printcap file for us to see.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 12, 2003 at 03:56:03PM -0700, Ralph Alvy wrote:
>>
>>> I'm a newbie to dosemu and Linux. I have almost everything working
>>> under dosemu 1.1.5 I need, except that I can't print under it. I
>>> have this as my printer setting:
>>>
>>> $_printer = "lp"
>>>
>>> But any attempt to print from dosemu gives me an error message
>>> talking about the printer not existing. However, I can print from X
>>> applications with no problem.
>>>
>>>
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