[aclug-L] Re: Printcap

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Try running lpq, to see what's in the print queue.


On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Craig Terhune wrote:

> The reason why I'm asking is that my printer just quit working. It does not do
> anything, except when you reboot, it acts as though it starts up but does not
> respond to print commands. Should I check  /var/spool/? to check on the print
> job.? What is the command line request for the same?
>  Jon, what about the Xterminal? Could you bring it to the next meeting
> On Tue, 21 Sep 1999,
> you wrote: > It looks right.  If you look at the if line, you can see that 
> there
> are > three different filters.  They all use the same printer, but each entry
> is > for slightly different purposes.  Now why apsfilter did it that way, I >
> don't know for sure... > 
> > But it doesn't look like it's wrong.
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 21 Sep 1999, Craig Terhune wrote:
> > 
> > > This is part of my printcap sould I have 3 entries for a single printer 
> > > or did 
> > > I do something wrong when I set it up?
> > > 
> > >  ascii|lp1|djet500-letter-ascii-mono-300|djet500 letterascii mono 300:\ 
> > >   :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > >   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-ascii-mono-300:\
> > >   :lf=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-ascii-mono-300/log:\
> > >   :af=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-ascii-mono-300/acct:\
> > >   :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/djet500-letter-ascii-mono-300:\
> > >   :la@:mx#0:\
> > >   :tr=:cl:sh:sf:
> > > #
> > > lp|lp2|djet500-letter-auto-mono-300|djet500 letter auto mono 300:\
> > >   :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > >   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-auto-mono-300:\
> > >   :lf=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-auto-mono-300/log:\
> > >   :af=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-auto-mono-300/acct:\
> > >   :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/djet500-letter-auto-mono-300:\
> > >   :la@:mx#0:\
> > >   :tr=:cl:sh:sf:
> > > #
> > > raw|lp3|djet500-letter-raw|djet500 letter raw:\
> > >   :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> > >   :sd=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-raw:\
> > >   :lf=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-raw/log:\
> > >   :af=/var/spool/lpd/djet500-letter-raw/acct:\
> > >   :if=/var/lib/apsfilter/bin/djet500-letter-raw:\
> > >   :la@:mx#0:\
> > >   :tr=:cl:sh:sf:
> > > #
> > > ### END   apsfilter: ### djet500 letter mono 300 ###
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