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Author: Kevin Brown
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Subject: Printing to windows printers
> > > The print config on the Linux box includes the IP of the NT server, the
> > > admin user ID and PW and the workgroup. On the NT box "Everyone" has
> > > prnt privledges.
> >
> > ----
> > 1 - what is your output of 'rpm -qa|grep foo' ?
> >
> >   - does it look like:
> >     Omni-foomatic-0.5.0-4
> >     foomatic-1.1-0.20011018.7

> >
>
> [tom@pc-00067 tom]$ rpm -qalgrep foo
> rpmq: one type of query/verify may be performed at a time
> [tom@pc-00067 tom]$


This is because you need to use the | not l. | is above the [enter] key on most
keyboards.

> > 2 - when we last tried this, you were dealing with two separate
> > printers. Let's take one at a time, probably the laser printer since it
> > is much easier...
> >
> > - what kind of printer is it? Which printer are you picking from
> > printconf-gui?
> >
>
> I am only trying the laser at this time. It is a HP5L I have tried all 3
> choices in the pick list for it.
>
> > 3 - what is output of /etc/printcap?
> >
>
> [root@pc-00067 tom]# /etc/printcap
> bash: /etc/printcap: Permission denied
> [root@pc-00067 tom]#


try catting the file since it isn't an executable binary.

cat /etc/printcap

> > 4 - can you print a test page from printconf-gui?
> >
>
> NO
>
> > 5 - can you let us know any output from /var/log/messages & WindowsNT
> > Event Viewer that suggests that the print job was queued, denied,
> > abandoned?
> >
>
> It does not appear to ever hit the NT queue
>
> > 6 - is lpd running? what is output of 'ps aux|grep lpd' ?
> >
>
> [root@pc-00067 tom]# ps auxlgrep lpd
> ps: error: Process ID list syntax error.
> usage: ps -[Unix98 options]
>        ps [BSD-style options]
>        ps --[GNU-style long options]
>        ps --help for a command summary
> [root@pc-00067 tom]#


Same thing here, need to use the |, not the l.