setup remote printer

Xiaofeng Gao <[email protected]> Thu, 16 May 2002 15:37:39 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.linux.redhat.release.zoot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi, 

I tried several time, but failed to get the remote printer work.  I am
wondering if some experts there could give me some advice.
 
I am using RH6.2 with kernel 2.2.19 ( upgraded from 2.2.14-5.0).  I used
control-panel to configure the printer.    

the printcap is:( where the man_hp8k is also our remote printer name)

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[root@treig /etc]# cat /etc/printcap
#
# This printcap is being created with printtool v.3.41
# Any changes made here manually will be lost if printtool
# is run later on.
# The presence of this header means that no printcap
# existed when printtool was run.
#
##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet3d 300x300 a4 {} LaserJet3d Default {}
man_hp8k|lp|lp0|0:\
        :if=/var/spool/lpd/man_hp8k/filter:\
        :lf=/var/log/lpeer:\
        :lp=:\
        :rm=rionnag.roe.ac.uk:\
        :rp=man_hp8k:\
        :sd=/var/spool/lpd/man_hp8k:

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I tried followings:
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[root@treig /etc]# lpr -Pman_hp8k printcap

[root@treig /etc]# lpq -Pman_hp8k
Warning: no daemon present
Rank   Owner      Job  Files                                 Total Size
1st    root       4    printcap                              451 bytes

[root@treig /etc]# lpc restart all
man_hp8k:
        daemon (pid 1099) killed
man_hp8k:
        daemon started
        :
        no daemon to abort
        :
        daemon started

[root@treig /etc]# ls /dev/lp*
/dev/lp0    /dev/lp1   /dev/lp2

[root@treig /etc]# lptest > /dev/lp0
bash: /dev/lp0: No such device

[root@treig /etc]# cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
  1 mem
  2 pty
  3 ttyp
  4 ttyS
  5 cua
  7 vcs
 10 misc
 36 netlink128 ptm
136 pts
180 usb
 
Block devices:
  1 ramdisk
  2 fd
  3 ide0
  9 md
 22 ide1
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why is there no daemon present?  I can see /dev/lp0, but why "lptest >
/dev/lp0" says no such device.


Thanks

 
Xiaofeng Gao