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20011129: Printer Trouble

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  • Subject: 20011129: Printer Trouble
  • Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:11:44 -0700
Rob,

The print command to be used is defined in $NAWIPS/Gemenviron
#
#  Print command and flags for systems
   setenv LP "lp -c"
   setenv LPFLAG "-d"

The printer.tbl configuration file should contain the name of the printer
that you would use with the -d flag for lp, or -P flag with lpr. this
would be the spooer name that you haave assigned to the printer.

Steve Chiswell
Unidata User Support




On Mon, 19 Nov 2001, Rob Dale wrote:

> Using 5.6e1 I have modified the printer.tbl file to:
>
> lp
>
> and also tried it as
>
> lpr
>
> in field 2 but printing does nothing except core dump. If I save to ps.plt,
> then type "lpr ps.plt" at the Linux prompt it works fine. Any idea what
> might be the trouble?
>
>  - Rob
>
>