How do I get a printcap file?

Bruce Marshall bmarsh at bmarsh.com
Sat Jul 21 20:45:21 UTC 2007


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:




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