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Operating Systems SCO Local Printing Issue in SCO Unix OS 5.0.5 Post 302372768 by TonyLawrence on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 05:48:55 PM
Old 11-18-2009
You need to confirm that you can print through lp0


Code:
date > /dev/lp0

I have a long article at Unix Printing that covers printer problems on SCO.

Go through that and report back what you learn if you can't fix it from that.
 

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printers.conf

printers.conf(5)					      Easy Software Products						  printers.conf(5)

NAME

       printers.conf - printer configuration file for cups

DESCRIPTION

       The  printers.conf  file  defines the local printers that are available. It is normally located in the /etc/cups directory and is generated
       automatically by the cupsd(8) program when printers are added or deleted.

       Each line in the file can be a configuration directive, a blank line, or a comment. Comment lines start with the # character.

DIRECTIVES

       Accepting
	    Specifies whether or not the printer is accepting new jobs.

       Info
	    Specifies human-readable text describing the printer.

       Location
	    Specifies human-readable text describing the location of the printer.

       DeviceURI
	    Specifies the device URI for a printer.

       <Printer name> ... </Printer>
	    Defines a specific printer.

       State
	    Specifies the initial state of the printer (Idle or Stopped)

       StateMessage
	    Specifies the message associated with the state.

SEE ALSO

       classes.conf(5), cupsd(8), cupsd.conf(5), mime.convs(5), mime.types(5), CUPS Software Administrators Manual, CUPS Interface Design Descrip-
       tion, http://localhost:631/documentation.html

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22 June 2000						    Common UNIX Printing System 					  printers.conf(5)
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