Adding mgetty fax to printcap

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Teresa Ray <tcray@speedchoice.com>  wrote:

> I am having a problem adding an entry to /etc/printcap for a fax printer.
> I am attempting to follow the directions given in /usr/doc/samba/Faxing.txt, which
> uses mgetty+sendfax.  If I use the original /etc/printcap generated by my distribution
> (Debian 2.0.34), everything works fine and lpstat -o returns with:
>         printer lp@ionsvr online. enabled since ....
> 
> When I add an entry to printcap and run lpstat -o I get:
>         printer lp@myname online.  enabled since...
>         printer faxlp@myname online.  enabled since...
> 
> When I then run lpc reread and then run lpstat -o I get:
>         printer lp@myname online.  enabled since...
> Without the 'faxlp' printer that should be there.
> 
> Now, if I reboot the linux box with this altered printcap file and run
> lpstat -o I get:
>         Host 'localhost' - cannot open connection to 'lp@localhost' - 
> connection refused
>         Host 'localhost' - cannot open connection to 'faxlp@localhost' - 
> connection refused
> And, any file I attempt to send to the fax via Samba indicates it can't find faxlp@localhost.
> 
> The printcap entry I'm attempting to add is:
> faxlp|Fax Server
>    :lp=/dev/null
>    :sd=/var/spool/fax
>    :if=/etc/mgetty/faxfilter
>    :sh
>    :sf
>    :mx#0
>    :lf=/var/log/fax-log
> 
> And the smb.conf entry reads:
> [fax]
>     comment = Fax Server
>     path = /tmp
>     printable = yes
>     public = yes
>     writable = no
>     create mode = 0700
>     browseable = yes
>    
> What (probably perfectly obvious) thing am I doing wrong?
> 
I think that your problem is in the way you have formatted your /etc/printcap 
entries. Printcap entries are "one-liners" so, if you want to enter them over 
several lines, you must escape the line feed.
Eg:

fax|outgoing fax server:\
        :lp=/dev/null:\
        :mx#0:sd=/usr/spool/fax:\
        :if=/usr/local/lib/mgetty+sendfax/faxfilter:\
        :lf=/usr/spool/fax/fax-log:sh:sf

Cheers,
Stephen.

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