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From: Ralph Alvy <ralvy@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: Printing under dosemu 1.1.5
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 10:33:43 -0700
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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.