Re: Printing under dosemu 1.1.5

Ralph Alvy
2003-07-13T17:33:43Z

Thanks, Rick. Worked like a charm.

Rick Knight wrote:
> 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.