UNIX problem

Courtney courtney at northshoreagency.com
Fri Sep 10 08:20:45 PDT 2004


I Guess ur right...

Somehow the default printer got changed...we dont know what happened but we
know now how to fix it...thanks for the time and effort

-----Original Message-----
From: John Esak [mailto:john at valar.com]
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:23 AM
To: Courtney
Cc: Fplist (E-mail)
Subject: RE: UNIX problem


I know this is probably politically incorrect of me to ask... but don't you
think we have the right to know what the problem was... considering that we
spent some time to read about it and give some suggestion as to what might
be wrong??

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Courtney [mailto:courtney at northshoreagency.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 11:01 AM
> To: john at valar.com
> Subject: RE: UNIX problem
>
>
> We figured it out...dont know what happened in the first
> place...but we got
> it
>
> Thanks
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Esak [mailto:john at valar.com]
> Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 10:55 AM
> To: Courtney
> Cc: Fplist (E-mail)
> Subject: RE: UNIX problem
>
>
>
> I don't know what you mean by "Unix" so I can't help. Sorry.  If
> it were to
> be SCO Open Server, the program is called "scoadmin" and you
> choose Printers
> and set your default printer to whatever you like.
>
> John Esak
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Courtney [mailto:courtney at northshoreagency.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 9:21 AM
> > To: john at valar.com
> > Cc: Filepro-List
> > Subject: RE: UNIX problem
> >
> >
> > We are on UNIX...it is happening all around...a job that had an
> assignment
> >
> > lp -n14 /tmp/prj1
> >
> > did not print on the default printer...
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John Esak [mailto:john at valar.com]
> > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 9:23 AM
> > To: Courtney
> > Cc: Fplist (E-mail)
> > Subject: RE: UNIX problem
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com
> > > [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com]On Behalf Of Courtney
> > > Sent: Friday, September 10, 2004 8:45 AM
> > > To: Filepro-List
> > > Cc: Rami Mantoura; John Burmeister
> > > Subject: TO:UNIX problem
> > >
> > >
> > > Need help with a printer thru unix problem
> > >
> > > Seems like everything going to the default printer is
> actually going to
> > > another printer...I went into the filePro printer configuration
> > > file and it
> > > seems fine...but if I do a command like:
> > >
> > > lp /tmp/fplook.courtney
> > >
> > > Get this response: request id is printrm-659330 (1 file)
> > >
> > > Should be going to default printer...
> > >
> > > Here is what I have in the filePro printer configuration file:
> > >
> > > default,epsonfx,lp -s -dfront,main printer
> > > default
> > >
> > > the command for the printrm printer is:
> > >
> > > printrm,hp-4+,lp -s -dprintrm,Print Room Duplex Printer
> > >
> > > Where else should I look?  What else should I do? Should I remove
> > > the blank
> > > default?
> > >
> > > Courtney Karl Seith
> > > North Shore Agency
> > >
> >
> > filePro has nothing to do with the system's default printer.
> What O/S are
> > you on. How do you manage your system printers? In SCO it would be
> > scoadmin -> printers. Pick the printer you want to be your
> > default printer.
> >
> > Also, is it possible something in your _ueser_ environment is
> > overriding the
> > actual system printer. Look in your .profile, .login, etc., file.
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> >
>
>




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