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Sindi Keesan wrote:
> I am trying to get my printer working.  It is plugged in properly and 
> turned on.  I installed lpr.tgz and did the three insmods in that order 
> and typed lpd.

Did any of those commands produce output?

> I changed sh to bash in printcap 

Why????????????????????????????????????????????

> on the line for generic printer.  

Before we go any further, you need to post a copy of every
line in your /etc/printcap that does not start with a #

> Before I did this when I tried to print (lpr filename.txt) 
> nothing happened at all.  

Does your printer accept straight (unformatted) text?

> I typed lpq and it said 'no entries'.

Assuming that lpd is actually running (ps) and actually
received file, then it appears to have sent the file to
the printer.

> To test that nothing broke recently I used a text editor 
> to type one line and tried to print that in DOS. Instead 
> of the file I had written in DOS, the DOS text editor printed
> the file that I had been trying to send the printer with linux. 

Obviously the file arrived (success!) and was sitting in the
printer's buffer.  

Cheers,
Steven