Re: lpr: lp: unknown printer

[Aavo Kuslapuu <aavo zbi ee>]

On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, John J. Donohue wrote:

> I'm trying to get a Redhat 4.0 box to print to an HP JetDirect card. I did
> some reading (howto's, web searches) and found some printcap examples for
> JetDirects which I used to edit my own printcap. 
> I cleared leftover lock files in /var/spool/lpd, stopped and then restarted
> lpd with /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd.init. Then I tried to print files using lpr.
> Variations on printcaps and lpr parameters all bring up the same error
> message;
> 
>  lpr: <printername>: unknown printer

it is possible missing links problem,
check /usr/local/bin and /usr/sbin, have you made
links
       lpr   >  lp
       lpq   >  lpstat
       lprm  >  cancel

please see LPRng-HOWTO-4

    Aavo K.