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Re: lp printing doesn't work

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Gary Roach wrote:
> Hi all
>
> Debian Stretch
> KDE Desktop
> HP Officejet Pro 8600 printer
> Wireless connection
>
> For some reason, my lp print command doesn't work. [...]
>
> If I run lpoptions on the command line I get:
>
>    copies=1 device-uri=socket://192.168.1.5:9100 finishings=3 
> fitplot=true job-cancel-after=10800 job-hold-until=no-hold 
> job-priority=50 job-sheets=none,none marker-change-time=0 media=DRAFT 
> number-up=1 page-bottom=54 page-left=54 page-right=54 page-top=54 
> printer-commands=AutoConfigure,Clean,PrintSelfTestPage printer-info='HP 
> Officejet Pro 8600' printer-is-accepting-jobs=true 
> printer-is-shared=false printer-location='Local Printer' 
> printer-make-and-model='HP Officejet Pro 8600, hpcups 3.16.11' 
> printer-state=3 printer-state-change-time=1503877259 
> printer-state-reasons=none printer-type=10522652 
> printer-uri-supported=ipp://localhost/printers/Officejet_Pro_8600_N911a
>
> A you can see, my printer is specifically called out. But if I run lp 
><file> I get:
>
> lp: Error - no default destination available.

Perhaps you're missing an entry in /etc/printcap?  Not 100% sure though,
as I don't use cups for printing (but rather lprng).


(hope this doesn't double-post, client crashed before ...)

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lp printing doesn't work Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> - 2017-08-28 02:30 +0200
  Re: lp printing doesn't work Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-08-29 12:10 +0200
  Re: lp printing doesn't work Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2017-08-29 12:10 +0200
  Re: lp printing doesn't work Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-29 15:10 +0200
    Re: lp printing doesn't work Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> - 2017-08-29 23:20 +0200
      Re: lp printing doesn't work Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-08-30 14:30 +0200
        Re: lp printing doesn't work Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-08-30 15:50 +0200
          Re: lp printing doesn't work (Solved ... sort of) Gary Roach <gary719_list1@verizon.net> - 2017-09-01 23:20 +0200

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