How do I get a printcap file?

[Larry Alkoff]

Bruce Marshall wrote:
> On Saturday 21 July 2007, Larry Alkoff wrote:
>> There are a lot of entries in /var/log/syslog complaining that it cannot
>>   read my printcap file.  Of course not, there is no printcap file.
>>
>> How can I get one?
>>
> 
> It should have been generated by cups and place in /etc/
> 
> 
> cat /etc/printcap
> # This file was automatically generated by cupsd(8) from the
> # /etc/cups/printers.conf file.  All changes to this file
> # will be lost.
> lp|HP LaserJet 4000 Series:rm=linux1.bmarsh.com:rp=lp:
> dos|Raw printer:rm=linux1.bmarsh.com:rp=dos:
> 

Thank you Bruce and David for your replies.


I actually installed the printer under KDE but it appears in 
/etc/cups/cups.conf and in the http://localhost:631/printers.

Perhaps KDE doesn't install a printcap file.

Should I delete and reinstall the printer in cups
or attempt to hand write a file for a Deskjet 500?

Larry



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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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