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From: dougm@sprynet.com (Doug McComber)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: cannot access canon
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 17:33:10 GMT
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On 28 Jun 1997 15:44:05 GMT, j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) wrote:

>Doug McComber <dougm@sprynet.com> wrote:
>
>> When I use "lptest 20 5 | lpr canon" I again get the "cannot access
>> canon" error.  Anyone know what the solution is?
>
>Yes: RTFMing. ;-)
>
>Try spelling it correctly: "lptest 20 5 | lpr -Pcancon".
>-- 
>cheers, J"org
>
>joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
>Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
>
I should have mentioned that I DID try the -P option as well with the
same results.  But thanks for the reply!