SUMMARY :Printer problems

From: <sloanp_at_netview.shorts.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 95 10:55:00 +0100

Thanks go to the following:

Murat Balci, balci_at_baum01.ege.edu.tr
Phil Kraus, phil_at_wolf.ncat.edu


My original mail :-


>
> Hello,
>
> I'm having some difficulty in setting up our Alpha 3600(running OSF v3.2) to
> print to a DEClaser 2200. The Laserjet is connected to the RJ11 printer port.
>
> When I request a print it just seems to sit in the queue forever and nothing
> happens. Here's a copy of my /etc/printcap :-
>
>
> lp|lp0|0|laser:\
> :af=/usr/adm/lpacct:\
> :br#9600:\
> :ct=dev:\
> :fc#0177777:\
> :fs#023:\
> :if=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
> :lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
> :lp=/dev/tty01:\
> :mx#0:\
> :of=/usr/lbin/lpf:\
> :pl#66:\
> :pw#80:\
> :sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
> :xc#0177777:\
> :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
> :xs#044000:
>******************************************************************************


The gist of the matter is that the DEClaser 2200 is of type ln06 and not lpf,
as Phil Krause <phil_at_wolf.ncat.edu> and Murat Balci <balci_at_baum01.ege.edu.tr>
kindly pointed out. Also the device file I was using (/dev/tty00) was incorrect,
it should have been /dev/ttyd1. Here's a copy of the working /etc/printcap file:

lp|lp0|0|lp|laser|phil:\
        :af=/usr/adm/lpacct:\
        :br#9600:\
        :ct=dev:\
        :fc#0177777:\
        :fs#03:\
        :if=/usr/lbin/ln06rof:\
        :lf=/usr/adm/lperr:\
        :lp=/dev/ttyd1:\
        :mc#20:\
        :mx#0:\
        :of=/usr/lbin/ln06rof:\
        :pl#66:\
        :pw#80:\
        :rw:\
        :sd=/usr/spool/lpd:\
        :xc#0177777:\
        :xf=/usr/lbin/xf:\
        :xs#044000:

Once again, thanks to those who replied.

Regards Phil Sloan (sloanp_at_netview.shorts.co.uk)

        
Received on Sat Sep 23 1995 - 12:13:18 NZST

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