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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!ux4.cso.uiuc.edu!scallon From: scallon@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (The Great Cornholio) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Subject: lpr: setenv PRINTER=/dev/lpt0 won't work, now what? Date: 13 Nov 1994 02:37:24 GMT Organization: Illinois Circuit Court of the Jihad Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3a3u54$p33@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: ux4.cso.uiuc.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I tried to manipulate the lpr command to print files, but the system will not recognize setenv PRINTER=/dev/lpt0 (it's on the LPT1 device) nor recogize the printer when I include it in the printcap files. Could someone tell me how to get /dev/lpt0 to be an lpr printer? Are there any books about this? If not, it's back to cat <filename> > /dev/lpt0 -- "Your words, waste in decay Nothing you say, reaches my ears anyway" -ELP, The Endless Enigma Brendan John Francis Scallon Liberal yet politically incorrect scallon@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu Catholic yet pro-choice