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  psnup -4  | lpr
 
  psnup -4  | lpr
 
  (psnup -2 in.ps > out.ps)
 
  (psnup -2 in.ps > out.ps)
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= TroubleShooting =
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After I set my printer from network to local it did not print any longer. In http://localhost:631 the jobs would just disappear saying they have been processed. I was using SUSE Linux.
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So I called kwrite from a console and typed something, then I selected file->print.
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On the console I saw an error message:
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lp: Error - unable to access "lpr" - No such file or directory
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Now calling lpr directly gave me:
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# lpr
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lpr: Error - scheduler not responding.
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Googling that I found that someone else had had the same problem and solved it by calling yast2 printer.
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So I called
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yast2 printer
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and the first thing that thing told me was that my network print server does not respond any longer and it asked me to agree I will not use it any longer. I agreed, and now printing works again.
  
 
= See also =
 
= See also =
 
* [[cups]]
 
* [[cups]]

Revision as of 14:28, 30 June 2013

Set default printer

lpadmin -d name

print several pages on one

psnup -4  | lpr
(psnup -2 in.ps > out.ps)

TroubleShooting

After I set my printer from network to local it did not print any longer. In http://localhost:631 the jobs would just disappear saying they have been processed. I was using SUSE Linux.

So I called kwrite from a console and typed something, then I selected file->print.

On the console I saw an error message:

lp: Error - unable to access "lpr" - No such file or directory

Now calling lpr directly gave me:

# lpr
lpr: Error - scheduler not responding.

Googling that I found that someone else had had the same problem and solved it by calling yast2 printer. So I called

yast2 printer

and the first thing that thing told me was that my network print server does not respond any longer and it asked me to agree I will not use it any longer. I agreed, and now printing works again.

See also