Printing Error

[Jeroen Diederen]

Joe Villari wrote:

> Thanks Jeroen
>
> You've been very helpful through this entire process. I am able to 
> print a postscript file just fine using:
>
> [joev@localhost joev]$ /usr/bin/pap -p 4MP :LaserWriter@* 
> /home/joev/test.ps
>
>
> It's a bit round about but it does work and that's good enough for now.
>
> Thanks Again
>
> Joe
>
>
>
>
> Jeroen Diederen wrote:
>
>> 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.
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that is nice :) But I still do not understand why you cannot add the 
printer in CUPS. What version of CUPS and atalk are you running ?
rpm -qi cups
rpm -qi netatalk
on my server I run:
netatalk (1.5.1.1 mandrake)
cups (1.1.18 mandrake)