[Tfug] lpr and unknown printer

Bexley Hall bexley401 at yahoo.com
Sun Mar 2 12:31:07 MST 2008


> I want to be able to print from the command line. My
> printer is a 
> network printer and is configured in CUPS. I can
> print from every 
> X program I have tried but this command fails as
> both root and a 
> normal user:
> 
>   #lpr -P tp0 test.txt
>   #lpr: tp0: unknown printer
>  
> lpstat output shows that my printer is tp0:
> 
>   #lpstat -p -d
>   printer tp0 is idle.  enabled since Fri 25 Jan
> 2008 05:55:36 PM MST
>   system default destination: tp0
> 
> What should I look at next?

What's th relavent portion of your /etc/printcap
look like?


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