[linux-help] Re: Printer on Red Hat 6.2

[Bruce Bales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I added /lp to /var/spool/lpd/
On the Mandrake machine, /lp had five or six files, so I copied them and put 
them into the
new /lp on the RH box.  One of the files is called "filter" and it points to a 
number (12)
of .fpi files in /usr/lib/rhs/rhs-printfilters/.  To my surprize, the RH box 
has all of
them.  They are named "gif-to-pnm.fpi" and other things to pnm and one is 
"pnm-to-ps.fpi".

I presume these change all the different formats to pnm and then pnm to 
postscript.

I changed printcap back just like the Mandrake box.  See below.

I think I have the RH box just like the Mandrake, which works with this 
printer, but I still
get unknown printer when I try to print.

How can I determine if printing is enabled in the kernel?


##PRINTTOOL3##  LOCAL cdj670 300x300 letter {} DeskJet670 Default 1
 lp:\
      :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
      :mx#0:\
      :sh:\
      :lp=/dev/lp0:\
      :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:
bruce


Steven Saner wrote:

> 1. You need to make sure that the directory /var/spool/lpd/lp exists
>
> 2. You need to fix the if line to point to the actual filter file that
>    you want to use, probably if=/home/magic/magic-1.2.orig/filters/cdj670
>
> Are you sure that you have printer support in your kernel?
>


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