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ghercus@melbourne.microhelp.com.au (Graeme Hercus) writes:

> Does anyone know how to install a network printer under Slackware 3.2
> without running setup?
> 
> When I type /proc/devices, lp appears but there are no ports listed,
> ie. /dev/lp0, lp1 or lp2 are not there
> 
> I need to install printing without running setup because the server
> has been configured and I don't want to overwrite any of the settings.

You should have these special files in the /dev directory:
    crw-r-----   1 root     daemon     6,   0 1995-04-28 09:17:09 lp0
    crw-r-----   1 root     daemon     6,   1 1995-04-28 09:17:11 lp1
    crw-r-----   1 root     daemon     6,   2 1995-04-28 09:17:12 lp2
if not you can add them with ``mknod''.  I don't know if you need them
if you only print remotely.

I am not sure if you want to set up a local printer or if you want to
use a remote printer.

For remote printing, all you need to do is to put something like this
in your printcap:
    # remote printer at "darkstar"
    lp|lj|lj3|lj4:\
	    :lp=:\
            :rm=darkstar:\
            :sd=/var/spool/lpd:\
            :lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:\
            :mx#0:

For a local printer, it is more complicated.  You probably will need
some sort of ``magic filter'' to print various file formats
(Postscript, ASCII text, raw printer files).

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