[netatalk-admins] unknown printer


Subject: [netatalk-admins] unknown printer
From: Patrick Herzog (Herzog@ite.rwth-aachen.de)
Date: Thu Oct 01 1998 - 13:28:00 EDT


I have a strange problem which is probably caused by a simple mistake:

I would like to set up printing from Linux to an Apple Laserwriter via "lpr". I
have created an entry in /etc/printcap but Linux tells me: "lpr: apple: unknown
printer".

The weird thing is that I am able to print manually via:
cat testfile | /usr/local/atalk/etc/filters/ofpap

So it looks like the netatalk part is working but not the integration into
Linux.

The printcap entry looks like this:
apple:\
 :sd=/usr/spool/apple:\
 :lp=/dev/null:\
 :of=/usr/local/atalk/etc/filters/ofpap:\
 :sh:sf:

Of course, /usr/spool/apple exists and ofpap and psf are where they are supposed
to be.
When I try "lpr -Papple testfile", I get the message
"lpr: apple: unknown printer".

What did I wrong?

Patrick

--
Dr.-Ing. Patrick Herzog
-- Oberingenieur --
RWTH Aachen
Institut für Technische Elektronik
Sommerfeldstraße 24
D-52056 Aachen, Germany
http://www.ite.rwth-aachen.de



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