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Re: lpr sends a file to my printer but it just sits there in the print queue
- From: Andrey Repin <anrdaemon at yandex dot ru>
- To: Michael Coulter <michael dot coulter at gmail dot com>, cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2020 23:34:01 +0300
- Subject: Re: lpr sends a file to my printer but it just sits there in the print queue
- References: <9ca9bda6-c32e-45e0-03d6-d51e59d3c37d@comcast.net>
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
Greetings, Michael Coulter!
> 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?
Try Windows's LPR utility.
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With best regards,
Andrey Repin
Wednesday, January 8, 2020 23:33:25
Sorry for my terrible english...