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Re: Regarding Printing in Cygwin
- From: Dr. Olaf Föllinger <Olaf dot Foellinger at bln dot sesa dot de>
- To: shital Desai <shital at ossi dot co dot in>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Cc: rpollard at apple dot com
- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:24:53 +0200
- Subject: Re: Regarding Printing in Cygwin
- References: <NHBBJOMDEKCJGOIODGHLGECNCAAA.shital@ossi.co.in>
On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 03:38:04PM +0530, shital Desai wrote:
> Dear Mr. Oraf Foellinger, Robert Polard,
> The issue of printing in cygwin has been addressed, but I would like to
> share my observation with you.I have been able to find lpr command at
> /usr/bin directory with a lprsetup.sh BASH script in the same path. When I
> run the command, it gives me an error saying
> lpr: can't open 'prn' for writing
> lpr: the printer name is invalid
Check your PATH. I assume the windows lpr command is before the cygwin
lpr command on the PATH.
Here lprsetup.sh did run and created a printcap file.
Please discuss on the list with a copy to me so that other users can
share their experiences.
Gruss Olaf Föllinger
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