enscript ... > $PRINTER fails

[Gerrit P. Haase]

davidr@rhotrading.com wrote:

> Up to last week, I was able to do
> 
> 
>>enscript -p- file.txt > $PRINTER
> 
> 
> where I had
> 
> export PRINTER="//rhosvr01/rhohp4100"
> in my /etc/profile
> 
> and this worked well.
> 
> After my hard drive failed and I reinstalled windows, etc.,
> the above enscript command fails with:

So you have a different (newer) version of Cygwin installed now?
Or was the installation before the crash up to date?

Anyway, please attach the output of cygcheck -svr in your reply.


> bash: //rhosvr01/rhohp4100: No such host or network path
> 
> I can print to the printer from any windows app, just not from any
> cygwin app.
> (I've looked in the archives and tried all the suggestions: 
> lpr and cat also fail with other error messages.
> Using the share name of the printer makes no difference, nor does using
> (doubly) escaped backslashes.)
> 
> The printer is a networked HP laserjet 4100 (just stating the obvious),
> and the port is HPLaserJet4100MFP.
> I tried another printer (also with no spaces in any name) whose port is
> DOT4_001, with the same results.
> I used to be able to print to this printer last week, too.
> 
> Can anyone please tell me what I forgot to set in windows to make this
> work as it did before?
> 
> Thanks!
> David L. Reiner
> Rho Trading


Gerrit
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