help with printing

[Chris Bennett]

I recommend installing LPRng then install apsfilter.
Follow the instructions for setting up LPRng and then reboot
Then use apsfilter to setup your printer. Some printers may need you to 
also install gutenprint for drivers.
You will need to switch from lpd to LPRng in kde. Its an option under 
each printer.
I can't get anything to print from firefox or thunderbird unless I print 
to a file and open the file with another application to print.

Apsfilter tells you to use lpc reread. This won't be the correct one. 
You need to use /usr/local/sbin/lpc instead of /usr/sbin/lpc.
Same goes for lpq and lprm.
You may want to get the command locate working by running 
/usr/libexec/locate.updatedb
After running that, locate will get regular updates and works much 
faster than find.

Michael wrote:
> Is there a good site for setting up/learning lpr/lpd for a printer on OpenBSD? 
> I've never used lpr for printing but need to print some email every so often on this machine.
> I enabled the lp section in /etc/printcap, set localhost under /etc/hosts.equiv, tried reading man pages for lpd, but guess it's way over my head. 
> I'm just trying to get my HP DJ870 setup to print email with mutt. 
> I'm running 4.3
>
> Will the FreeBSD pages work with setting the printer up for OpenBSD? 
>
> Thanks.
> Mike
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