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From: tom@tarush.chattanooga.net (Tom Rush)
Subject: Re: lpd / printcap
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Date: Sun, 23 Jul 1995 22:11:07 GMT
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Joseph Steinberg (steinber@slinky.cs.nyu.edu) wrote:
: I am still having problems getting lpr to work. I can print by 'cat file
: > /dev/lpt0' but lpr gives me blank pages. Can someone please send me
: a sample printcap file that works for a postscript printer (I have an
: HP-4 with postscript.) Thanks,

I have noticed your earlier posts, but when you were asked about the error
log (/var/log/lpd-errs) and your current printcap, you didn't give the
information requested.

Show us a copy of your current /etc/printcap, and then we'll have somewhere
to start.
-- 
Tom Rush
tom@tarush.chattanooga.net