Re (2): inconsistent reports from lpstat

From: Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:46:45 -0400
lpstat -p shows all printers

Oops. Thanks.

peter@joule:~$ lpstat -p
printer HPDeskJet500 is idle. enabled since Mon 25 Apr 2011 12:55:21 PM PDT
Finished page 1...

http://www.cups.org/documentation.php/options.html

peter@joule:~$ lp t
request id is HPDeskJet500-78 (1 file(s))
peter@joule:~$ lpr t
lpr: lp: unknown printer

So lp works locally. Next weekend I can tackle lpr.

Thanks again, ... P.

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