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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!howland.reston.ans.net!Germany.EU.net!Dortmund.Germany.EU.net!interface-business.de!usenet From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: BSDI and Printers Date: 2 Apr 1996 12:52:00 GMT Organization: interface business GmbH, Dresden Lines: 16 Message-ID: <4jr7tg$i8j@innocence.interface-business.de> References: <4j6vvp$93t@centaur.achilles.net> <4j8rn8$ppc@innocence.interface-business.de> <Dp7p8u.301@relay.sheridanc.on.ca> Reply-To: joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de (Joerg Wunsch) NNTP-Posting-Host: ida.interface-business.de X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.3 rob@viking.sheridanc.on.ca (Rob Naccarato) writes: > : ls -l > /dev/lp0 > > How's about: > > ls -l | lpr This usually requires some setup (/etc/printcap), so the first test is to see if the printer will work (ls -l > /dev/lp0), then one can setup /etc/printcap, then see if the spooler also works (ls -l | lpr -p). -- J"org Wunsch Unix support engineer joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de http://www.interface-business.de/~j