Thanks for the replys. Seems that the problem was some garbage
characters in the /etc/printcap.
Sorry about the lpd.EXE, I move about between three operating systems
and occasionally conventions from one follow me to the other.
I ended up having to recreate the /etc/printcap file from scratch using
lprsetup. The /dev/printer is a socket created in IP by the
/usr/lbin/lpd daemon. With the garbage in the file this socket was not
being created and hence no printing to IP printers from the system.
After recreating /etc/printcap. Used "/sbin/init.d/lpd stop" to stop the
lpd daemon. Then "/sbin/init.d/lpd start" to restart it. Then checked
for the socket /dev/printer. This was then working.
Wayne Blom
Systems Manager
F.H. Faulding & Co. Limited
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Received on Thu Oct 17 1996 - 19:48:57 NZDT