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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!newspump.sol.net!howland.erols.net!news.mathworks.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-feed2.bbnplanet.com!shore!nvp From: nvp@shore.net (Nathan V. Patwardhan) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Printing Date: 1 Nov 1996 15:41:42 GMT Organization: Shore.Net; a service of Eco Software, Inc. (info@shore.net) Lines: 13 Message-ID: <55d5nm$4g@fridge-nf0.shore.net> References: <55d0jc$btd@usenet.bridge.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: shell2.shore.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Michael Hughes (mhughes@bridge.com) wrote: : I am having problems printing to my laser printer. If I connect my laser : printer to my computer and try to print something, nothing happens. If I do : lpq, it tells my printer is off line. No it I connect my dot martix printer : to the same port, it works. The laser printer works on this port from DOS. : Can anyone help me out? Is lpd running? What's in your /etc/printcap? Do you have an entry for your laser printer? Nate P nvp@shore.net