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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!nntp.uac.net!news.tufts.edu!blanket.mitre.org!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.erols.com!newsmaster@erols.com From: Ken Bigelow <kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Printing Problems Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1996 21:37:33 -0700 Organization: Erols Internet Services Lines: 37 Message-ID: <31B3BD8D.413B@www.play-hookey.com> References: <8TqwoD1w165w@tusia.kiel.org> Reply-To: kbigelow@www.play-hookey.com NNTP-Posting-Host: kenjb05.play-hookey.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b4 (Win16; I) Maciej Wiatr wrote: > > Hallo, > > I try to configure the printing spooler, but cannot find a hint in the > manual pages about what to do, when the lpr command results in printing > blanc pages without end... > > In the lpq-errs I found the message : lp : command repeated 6 times > > Any suggestions ? > > Thanks > I need a bit more info first, and as you gather it please check the handbook pages on printing. You can either go on-line to www.freebsd.org or you can use lynx to look at the handbook, assuming it's installed. Look for /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook_toc.html if you do it locally. Now, read those pages and use them to check: 1) your /etc/printcap file 2) your spooling directory 3) any filter files? 4) are all shell scripts marked executable with chmod? 5) what kind of printer is it? We may not need all of this info to localize the problem, but then again we might. Relevant detail is always helpful in diagnosing something like this. Ken