printing (still)

[Cynthia Croy]

  Aurel -

I think I tried copying the 'if' line once already - I copied the raw 
entry from printcap into printcap.local and added the if line at the end 
of it. That's the reason for the LW310 entry. I tried it again since you 
suggested it, and it didn't work. After thinking about it for a while, I 
tried adding the path for the ps300-filter from magicfilter to that 
line. It didn't work either.

However, I found out that I get good output from Kword and Kontour. This 
is wierd - I thought for sure I had tried to print from Kword before, 
and it didn't work.

Since I also get good output from Xfig, it seems that if the application 
can see the printcap entries (such that it has a pulldown menu with the 
defined printers in its print dialog) then it prints just fine. However, 
if it does not have this, then it won't print. The light blinks for a 
while, then finally gives up. It works using both the raw queue without 
an 'if' filter, and the queue with the 'if' filter.

Do you have any idea what this means? What do I have to do to make the 
other applications work? (The last question is an expression of 
frustration more than anything else - I'm sure that if you know the 
answer, you'll give it to me whether I make the question explicit or 
not. :-) )

Thanks for your help so far.

Cindy