I am having a problem with lpr.
I have an entry in /etc/printcap for a jetdirect card, but I can’t get it to
print.
From what I can see, all the info in the printcap file isn’t being used.
I have - :sd=/usr/spool/output/oki5: - but it keeps putting the spool files
in /usr/spool/output/lpd.
here are some files & other info
cat /etc/printcap
oki5|Okidata on jetdirect:
:lp=:
:rm=192.168.0.55:
:rp=text:
:sd=/usr/spool/output/oki5:
lpr -Poki5 /tmp/AA
pwd
/usr/spool/output
ll
total 33
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 04 12:00 ./
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 4096 May 04 09:39 …/
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 12:01 lpd/
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 8 May 04 12:00 lpd.lock
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 10:36 oki5/
ll *
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 8 May 04 12:00 lpd.lock
lpd:
total 20
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 12:01 ./
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 04 12:00 …/
-rw-rw—x 1 root root 4 May 04 12:01 .seq*
-rw-rw---- 1 bin -1 81 May 04 12:01 cfA001localhost
-rw-rw---- 1 root -1 133 May 04 12:01 dfA001localhost
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 6 May 04 12:01 lock
oki5:
total 16
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 10:36 ./
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 04 12:00 …/
lprc status
oki5:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
cat /tmp/syslog
May 4 12:01:21 node 1 lpd[30104]: /dev/console: No such file or directory
May 4 12:01:21 node 1 lpd[30104]: /dev/lp: No such file or directory
the following line is in the /etc/hosts file
127.0.0.1 loc localhost
cat /etc/hosts.lpd
loc
localhost
It looks to me, like the output is trying to go to /dev/lp ??
Is that correct - and if so, WHY??
-Glenn Sherman
I’m not sure, but I would see if the printcap file has some
undesireable characters - perhaps a space or so after the “”
or instead of ?
Richard
Glenn Sherman wrote:
I am having a problem with lpr.
I have an entry in /etc/printcap for a jetdirect card, but I can’t get it to
print.
From what I can see, all the info in the printcap file isn’t being used.
I have - :sd=/usr/spool/output/oki5: - but it keeps putting the spool files
in /usr/spool/output/lpd.
here are some files & other info
cat /etc/printcap
oki5|Okidata on jetdirect:
:lp=:
:rm=192.168.0.55:
:rp=text:
:sd=/usr/spool/output/oki5:
lpr -Poki5 /tmp/AA
pwd
/usr/spool/output
ll
total 33
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 04 12:00 ./
drwxrwxr-x 6 root root 4096 May 04 09:39 …/
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 12:01 lpd/
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 8 May 04 12:00 lpd.lock
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 10:36 oki5/
ll *
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 8 May 04 12:00 lpd.lock
lpd:
total 20
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 12:01 ./
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 04 12:00 …/
-rw-rw—x 1 root root 4 May 04 12:01 .seq*
-rw-rw---- 1 bin -1 81 May 04 12:01 cfA001localhost
-rw-rw---- 1 root -1 133 May 04 12:01 dfA001localhost
-rw-r–r-- 1 root root 6 May 04 12:01 lock
oki5:
total 16
drwxrwxrwx 2 root root 4096 May 04 10:36 ./
drwxrwxrwx 4 root root 4096 May 04 12:00 …/
lprc status
oki5:
queuing is enabled
printing is enabled
1 entry in spool area
cat /tmp/syslog
May 4 12:01:21 node 1 lpd[30104]: /dev/console: No such file or directory
May 4 12:01:21 node 1 lpd[30104]: /dev/lp: No such file or directory
the following line is in the /etc/hosts file
127.0.0.1 loc localhost
cat /etc/hosts.lpd
loc
localhost
It looks to me, like the output is trying to go to /dev/lp ??
Is that correct - and if so, WHY??
-Glenn Sherman
Glenn Sherman wrote:
cat /etc/printcap
oki5|Okidata on jetdirect:
:lp=:
:rm=192.168.0.55:
:rp=text:
:sd=/usr/spool/output/oki5:
May be I’m wrong, but AFAIK ‘jetdirect’ uses the queue names
‘raw1’, ‘raw2’, etc.
cat /tmp/syslog
May 4 12:01:21 node 1 lpd[30104]: /dev/console: No such file or directory
May 4 12:01:21 node 1 lpd[30104]: /dev/lp: No such file or directory
You did restart your lpd, right?
Best regards,
Karsten.
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