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Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2003 09:07:29 -0500
From: Charles Krug <charles AT pentek DOT com>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: Printing from cygwin?
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On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 06:03:56PM -0500, Charles Krug wrote:
> I'm having trouble with cygwin lpr printing to my default Win2k printer.
> A search of the archives revealed many mailings from people who
> similarly could not print using the cygwin lpr, but I couldn't find any
> stories of "success."
> 
> I invoke:
> 
> lpr -P\\\\server\\printer file
> 
> Printer is considered by Win2k to be a network printer.
> 
> Regardless of the type of file I send, I get the same error reported by
> lpr from (apparantly) Win2k about "incorrect datatype."
> 

Probably a fair sight more useful if I post the actual error message:

lpr: StartDocPrinter error
lpr: The specified datatype is invalid


Sorry about that


Charles


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Charles Krug, Jr.
Systems Engineer
Pentek Corp
1 Park Way
Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458


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