lp and lpr "stdin is empty"

[lyamimlgnqfa at spammotel.com]

I tried most all those permutations (although I omitted to say as
much).

lp: stdin is empty, so no job has been sent.
[allan at array14 bin]$ cat /etc/cups/lpoptions | /usr/bin/lpr -P
laserjet --stdin
lpr: Unknown option '-'!
[allan at array14 bin]$ cat /etc/cups/lpoptions | /usr/bin/lpr -Plaserjet
--stdin
lpr: Unknown option '-'!
[allan at array14 bin]$ cat /etc/cups/lpoptions | /usr/bin/lpr
lpr: stdin is empty, so no job has been sent.
[allan at array14 bin]$ cat /etc/cups/lpoptions | /usr/bin/lpr --
lpr: Unknown option '-'!
[allan at array14 bin]$ cat /etc/cups/lpoptions | /usr/bin/lpr -
lpr: Unknown option ''!
[allan at array14 bin]$ cat /etc/cups/lpoptions | /usr/bin/lp -
lp: stdin is empty, so no job has been sent.
[allan at array14 bin]$

Thanks for the suggestions, but still NG

Allan


On Fri, 29 Oct 2004, James Mckenzie wrote:

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> --from James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net>--
> --reply jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net--
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> I just upgraded to Fedora core 2 from core 1, and now lp and lpr
> cannot read from standard input.
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> [allan at mybox bin]$ /usr/bin/lp < /etc/hosts
> lp: stdin is empty, so no job has been sent.
> [allan at mybox bin]$ /usr/bin/lp /etc/hosts
> request id is laserjet-977 (1 file(s))
>
> It does work if the output of a device is to standard input.  I used the lpr -P (printerid) --stdin with Mozilla's print to send printer output to a specific printer and has since I 'discovered' this fix when using RH9.
>
> How about trying the following and see if it works cat <file> | lp
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> James Mckenzie
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> James McKenzie
> A Proud User of Linux!
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