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Subject: [linux-help] Re: Printer prints color graphics, but not text
From: bbales <bbales@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:51:03 -0600
Reply-to: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx

On Monday 11 March 2002 06:56 am, you wrote:
> What I'm seeing, Bruce, is that this printer is not set as the default
> device.  Two ways to work around this, one change the lpr command line
> as follows:
>
> lpr -P bjc6000 somefile.txt

This doesn't work.  Result is just the same.
>
> or add the default printer name, lp, to this stanza like so:
>
> lp|bjc6000:\
>
> If there's another stanza that has lp in it, lpr has essentially been
> sending your print jobs to /dev/null.  

By stanza, do you mean like another printer description in the printcap file?
>
> - Nate >>
I'm late - got to run.
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