Mike Long <mike.long@analog.com> writes:

>Your printcap is wrong.  You need to specify an rp (remote printer)
>capability for lp2, in addition to the rm capability.

No, the default for the rp capability is "lp".

>Also, part of
>your problem may arise from the fact that the spool directories for
>both printers are the same; spool directories need to be distinct.

Correct, although it is difficult to see why two actions that should
do the same (PRINTER=lp2 and -P lp2 override) show different behaviour.
This could be an effect on _when_ the lpq command is issued, wether
the spool files already have been sent to the destination.

Regards,
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                                Michael van Elst

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