celd@stbimbo.UUCP (Charles LeDuc) (12/19/90)
rose@galtee.cs.wisc.edu (Scott M. Rose) writes: > I just installed printer to my computer and I tried to print >a file to it. The problem is when I used lpr <filename> it give me >this error: "lpd: /dev/lp: no such device or address". Then I tried >using epson and it give me this: "epson: cannot open /dev/lp". And >when I looked at /usr/spool/lpd .. there! there are two files which >I think in queues to printer. I have chmode 666 for the /dev/lp* and >I don't know if I supposed to do that. Try reinstalling and tell it that your printer is attached to LPT2: that's what I did, and it subsequently worked when it hadn't before. I had experienced the same problem you did, and it works fine now. By the way, my printer was attached to the port that DOS recognized as LPT1. Is this just a hardware funkiness of my machine, or is this a genuine COHERENT bug? Anyway, hope this helps... Chuck