You have no printer named lp. You printer is named, according to your
printcap, stc600pl
Make sure, in your login/rc/wherever files, you have set
export PRINTER stc600pl
for sh type shells, and
setenv PRINTER=stc600pl
for csh type shells.
On Sat, 06 Jan
2001 14:34:58 -0700, Michael J. Schweppe said:
> Hi Folks:
>
> I'm trying to get my Epson Stylus Color 600 to run under Red Hat 6.2. I
> used Webmin to set the printer up. I can print the ASCII test page and
> directly to port in printtool. I even installed the latest lpr rpm too.
>
> However, I still get :
>
> lpr:lp:lp: unknown printer
>
> from Netscape or if I try to print from a terminal window.
>
> My printcap file is:
>
> # /etc/printcap
> #
> # Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are
> doing!
> # Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict
> format!
> # Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
> #
> # This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
>
> ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL uniprint NAxNA letter {} U_EpsonStylusColor
> stc600pl {}
> Epson_Stylus:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/Epson_Stylus:\
> :sh:\
> :lp=/dev/lp0:\
> :if=/var/spool/lpd/Epson_Stylus/filter:
>
> Here is a copy of my /etc/conf.modules:
>
> alias eth0 rtl8139
> alias eth1 3c59x
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
>
> I'm at a loss what to try next.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mike
>
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