Red Hat printing Problem

Collins erichey2
Mon May 17 11:34:06 PDT 2004


On 29 Jun 2002 19:36:52 +1000 Shane A Broomhall
<shanebroomhall at computer.org> wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have just put Red Hat 7.3 on my laptop after using SUSE for some
> time. After Setup I am able to configure the laptop to see the
> printer, and it is automajically recognised by the OS.  The problem
> is that I am unable to get anything out of the que to the printer. 
> LPD is restarted by the print config utility. I am hoping that
> someone might be able to point me towards how to solve my problem,
> not give me the answer but where it might be a good idea to start
> looking.
> 

Does Redhat use CUPS or LPRng or what?  In any case you may find some
hints in /var/log/lpd (or some such) or /var/cups (or some such).  If
its LPRng, its probably something in printcap or the filters definded
in printcap.
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Collins Richey - Denver Area - WWTLRD?
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