Re:

Hello,
        The 'sd' or spool directory is the same for both the "hplj4l" 
and the "hplj4la" entries. Try adding an 'a' to the end of the 'sd' line in
the  "hplj4la" entry so that it looks like this: 
"sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4la:\" . let me know if it works. good luck.

Michael


Mirco Ellis wrote:

>Hi, I realy hope you guys can help me. I am having endless problems with
>setting up printers in Linux. The printing is basically from Linux to a
>printer hosted on a Windows machine. No problem! Using a filter that uses
>smbclient the Linux box prints fine to the windows based printer that it
>gets pointed to in the printcap.local and the filter. I start picking up
>problems though when I have more than 2 printers added in the printcap.local
>file. I am including a copy of the printcap in question,
>
>okidatam|dotmatrix on Nt_Server:\
>	:sd=/var/spool/lpd/okidatam:\
>	:if=/var/spool/lpd/okidatam/okidatam-filter:\
>	:lp=/dev/null:\
>	:mx#0:\
>	:sh:\
>
>hplj4l| Hp laserjet on Jackie's workstation:\
>	sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\
>	:if=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l/hplj4l-filter:\
>	:lp=/dev/null:\
>	:mx#0:\
>	:sh:\
>
>
>
>hplj4la| Hp laserjet on Tracey's workstation:\
>	sd=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4l:\
>	:if=/var/spool/lpd/hplj4la/hplj4la-filter:\
>	:lp=/dev/null:\
>	:mx#0:\
>	:sh:\
>
>etc....
>
>
>
>with the first two entries all is fine. As soon as I have added the 3rd
>entry things start going wrong. When I try and print to hplj4la I get an
>error stating that the printer does not exist on the server and that the
>spool directory "hplj4la" can not be found, but when I create a new printcap
>file with just the hplj4la entry everything works fine!? What am I doing
>wrong? Please help!!
>
>
>
>
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