From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 84901 invoked by alias); 8 Jan 2020 18:48:38 -0000 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Received: (qmail 84890 invoked by uid 89); 8 Jan 2020 18:48:37 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-3.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 spammy= X-HELO: smtp-out-no.shaw.ca Received: from smtp-out-no.shaw.ca (HELO smtp-out-no.shaw.ca) (64.59.134.12) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with ESMTP; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:48:36 +0000 Received: from [192.168.1.114] ([24.64.172.44]) by shaw.ca with ESMTP id pGNdiFprxnCigpGNeifRnK; Wed, 08 Jan 2020 11:48:34 -0700 Reply-To: Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca Subject: Re: lpr sends a file to my printer but it just sits there in the print queue To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <9ca9bda6-c32e-45e0-03d6-d51e59d3c37d@comcast.net> From: Brian Inglis Openpgp: preference=signencrypt Message-ID: <1ed12fd5-91ef-98a6-1eb6-5d75aea0d76c@SystematicSw.ab.ca> Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2020 18:48:00 -0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.9.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <9ca9bda6-c32e-45e0-03d6-d51e59d3c37d@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2020-01/txt/msg00081.txt.bz2 On 2020-01-07 13:10, Michael Coulter wrote: > I'm running 64-bit Windows 10 with Cygwin (see attached cygcheck.out). > > The lpr command is sending my file to the printer, but it never prints. It > just sits in the Windows print queue with status "Sent to printer". > > e.g.: > /usr/bin/lpr -d "ET-4500" xx.txt > > If I print something else with say, Word, that document gets printed while > the lpr job still sits there. > > My printer is an Epson ET-4500. > > It seems that somehow Windows or the printer needs to be told that the job > is complete and can be printed. > > Any suggestions? Are the Windows printer components to support LPR and LPD installed from Windows setup and configured for that printer? -- Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada This email may be disturbing to some readers as it contains too much technical detail. Reader discretion is advised. -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple