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Date:	Fri, 25 Apr 2003 12:24:53 +0200
From:	=?iso-8859-1?Q?Dr=2E_Olaf_F=F6llinger?= <Olaf DOT Foellinger AT bln DOT sesa DOT de>
To:	shital Desai <shital AT ossi DOT co DOT in>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Cc:	rpollard AT apple DOT com
Subject:	Re: Regarding Printing in Cygwin
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On Fri, Apr 25, 2003 at 03:38:04PM +0530, shital Desai wrote:
> Dear Mr. Oraf Foellinger, Robert Polard,
> The issue of printing in cygwin has been addressed, but I would like to
> share my observation with you.I have been able to find lpr command at
> /usr/bin directory with a lprsetup.sh BASH script in the same path. When I
> run the command, it gives me an error saying
> lpr: can't open 'prn' for writing
> lpr: the printer name is invalid

Check your PATH. I assume the windows lpr command is before the cygwin
lpr command on the PATH. 

Here lprsetup.sh did run and created a printcap file. 

Please discuss on the list with a copy to me so that other users can
share their experiences.
 
 
Gruss Olaf Föllinger

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