Printing Error

[Jeroen Diederen]

Joe Villari wrote:

> Now that I can see my printer I can't get it to print:
>
> [joev@localhost joev]$ lpr -P lp printtest.txt
> lpr: unable to print file: client-error-not-found
>
> I  can ONLY get a text file to print properly using:
>
> [joev@localhost local]$ /usr/bin/pap -p 4MP :LaserWriter@* 
> /home/joev/printtest.txt
>
> my printcap looks like:
>
> lp|4MP:\
>        :lp=/dev/atalk/lp:\
>        :sd=/var/spool/lp:\
>        :px#3060:py#3960:sh:sf:rw:\
>        :lf=/var/tmp/lpd-errs:\
>        :if=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/ifpap:\
>        :tf=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/tfpap:\
>        :df=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/dfpap:\
>        :of=/usr/lib/atalk/filters/ofpap:
>
> and .paprc:
>
> "4MP":LaserWriter
>
>
>
>
>
> any ideas?
>
> Joe
> TI PowerBook 667 with YDL 2.3
>
>
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I don't know nothing about lpr Joe, but you own a postscript printer 
maybe ? You should convert everything to postscript before printing I 
presume.