printcap file contents for lpr

[Florian Diesch]

Al Plant <noc at hdk5.net> writes:

> I have a network of FreeBSD machines and I put a HP Netbook on it. I use 
> lpr for the printer on the lan  and I need to look at a copy of the 
> /etc/printcap file for Ubuntu. The standard Unix /etc/printcap I use on 
> all the other boxes on the lan doesn't seem to work. It has been a long 
> time since I have had to use Linux and I dont remember the printcap 
> configuration.

The default printer spooler for most Lionux distros (including Ubuntu)
is CUPS which doesn't use printcap (but provides one for other
programs). 
In Ubuntu the package "lpr" provides BSD lpd


   Florian
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