My Filepro Printers Quit Working

[Kenneth Brody]

Quoting Frank7767 (Thu, 20 Sep 2007 20:24:53 EDT):

> HELP!
>       System is SCO-UNIX 3.2.5.07 W/FILEPRO.  system has 4 printers..2 HP
[... installed rlp ...]
> from dclerk or dreport..The only error we saw was when JP tried to hardcopy a
> screen. The error was "cannot open /usr/bin/lp"
>
> I removed the rlp [using makdev rlp] and rebooted the system..no  change...
>
> Clearly FilePRO is looking for something the mkdev rlp smashed..God knows
> what...
>
> right know the customer is sending the output to a file and calls me to
> print it.

Well, the only thing filePro will look for to print is what you tell it
to look for.  Given that the error is "cannot open /usr/bin/lp", the
first question is "do you have a /usr/bin/lp and can filePro access it?"
(And a side question is, how exactly does that error text appear?  In a
filePro error message?  In the middle of the screen?  Somewhere else?)

If you su to "filepro", can you print using:

     echo "This is a test" | the_exact_command_line_defined_in_pmaint

For example:

     echo "This is a test" | lp -dlaserjet

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