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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions 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!swiss.ans.net!news.dfn.de!news.belwue.de!delos.stgt.sub.org!nadia.s.bawue.de!luva!migieger From: migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: lpr: setenv PRINTER=/dev/lpt0 won't work, now what? Organization: private FreeBSD site Message-ID: <Cz799A.5JA@luva.lb.bawue.de> References: <3a3u54$p33@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 1994 09:34:22 GMT Lines: 28 In article <3a3u54$p33@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>, The Great Cornholio <scallon@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu> wrote: >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 The correct syntax should be `setenv PRINTER /dev/lpt0' for csh or `set PRINTER=/dev/lpt0; export PRINTER' for sh. You should get the same result using `lpr -P/dev/lpt0 foobar' Anyway I make a symbolic lint from lp to whatever printer device I use as standard printer: `cd /dev' `ln -s lpt0 lp' This works for me. -Michael P.S. read the fine manualpages lpr, lpc, lpd. -- ------------------------------+------------------------------ Michael Giegerich | migieger@luva.lb.bawue.de ------------------------------+------------------------------