printer configuration all commandline!!

[Steven Stern]

On 09/21/2014 10:36 AM, bruce wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> Looking to figure out what I've missed/left out in setting up printer
> access to a network/wireless HP printer. I can access the printer from
> the same box if i select print from the "gedit" app...
> 
> But I can't figure out/recall what has to be used from the command line!!!
> 
> $ lpc status
> HP-Officejet-Pro-8600:
>     printer is on device 'socket' speed -1
>     queuing is enabled
>     printing is enabled
>     2 entries
>     daemon present
> 
> $ lpstat -t
> scheduler is running
> system default destination: HP-Officejet-Pro-8600
> device for HP-Officejet-Pro-8600: socket://192.168.5.60:9100
> HP-Officejet-Pro-8600 accepting requests since Sun Sep 21 02:29:44 2014
> printer HP-Officejet-Pro-8600 now printing HP-Officejet-Pro-8600-10.
> enabled since Sun Sep 21 02:29:44 2014
>     Processing page 2...
> HP-Officejet-Pro-8600-10 ihubuser          1024   Sat Sep 20 21:36:23 2014
> HP-Officejet-Pro-8600-12 ihubuser          4096   Sun Sep 21 11:11:54 2014
> 
> $ lpq
> HP-Officejet-Pro-8600 is ready and printing
> Rank    Owner   Job     File(s)                         Total Size
> active  ihubuse 10      child.php                       1024 bytes
> 1st     ihubuse 12      (stdin)                         4096 bytes
> 
> 
> so, if i have a test file "cat.txt", I thought the command to print was
>  lpr -P HP-Officejet-Pro-8600 cat.txt
> 
> 
> but that appears to just place the file in the queue..
> now, i can get the file to pring if i open the file in the gedit app,
> and do a print!!
> 
> so, what the heck am i forgetting!!
> 
> thanks
> 

Your lpr command prints a file on my system.  Try clearing the cups
queue first.


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-- Steve